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gruff adj.1.態度生硬的,粗暴的;脾氣壞的。2.聲音粗啞的...

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So taciturn and bottled up that he swallows his syllables as he pulls words out of his mouth in gruff , reluctant grunts , ennis tells jack of being raised by a brother and sister after his parents died in a car crash ; jack , brought up in the rodeo , is more talkative and recalls his lifelong alienation from his father , a bull rider 因尼斯是個沉默寡言,口齒不清的人,說起話來顯得生硬而且很勉強,就這樣他告訴杰克,他的父母出車禍后是哥哥姐姐把他帶大的;杰克是在競技場長大的,所以比較外向,他說自己和父親的關系比較疏遠。

But the morning passed just as usual : nothing happened to interrupt the quiet course of adele s studies ; only soon after breakfast , i heard some bustle in the neighbourhood of mr . rochester s chamber , mrs . fairfax s voice , and leah s , and the cook s - that is , john s wife - and even john s own gruff tones . there were exclamations of what a mercy master was not burnt in his bed 只是早飯后不久,我聽到羅切斯特先生臥室附近一陣喧鬧,有費爾法克斯太太的嗓音,還有莉婭的和廚師的也就是約翰妻子的嗓音,甚至還有約翰本人粗啞的調門,有人大驚小怪地叫著: “真幸運呀,老爺沒有給燒死在床上! ”

After some gruff coughing and rubbing of his chin and signing with his hand , jerry attracted the notice of mr . lorry , who had stood up to look for him , and who quietly nodded and sat down again 杰瑞大聲咳嗽了一下,又揉了揉下巴,做了個手勢,引起了羅瑞先生的注意一一羅瑞先生已站起身在找他,見了他便點點頭又坐下了。

Famed fictional detective sherlock holmes and his gruff assistant doctor watson pitch their tent while on a camping expedition , but in the middle of the night holmes nudges watson awake and questions him 著名的偵探福爾摩斯和他的助手華森醫生在他們探險的營地搭好了帳篷,到了半夜,福爾摩斯推醒了還在酣睡的華森并問他

Although the united states is famous for its “ have a nice day “ service culture , new yorkers have long been considered gruff and impatient , particularly the taxi drivers 盡管美國以其張口閉口“祝你今天愉快”的服務文化而著名,紐約人,尤其是出租車司機,長期被認為是脾氣暴躁和沒有耐心。

Mr raymond ' s gruff handling of the exxon valdez oil spill in alaska needlessly turned an unfortunate accident into a cause c l bre for greens everywhere 1989年,埃克森的一艘油輪在阿拉斯加瓦爾迪茲不小心泄漏之后,雷蒙對整個事件態度生硬,遭到了各地環保主義者的抗議。

He had a sweet , low manner of speaking , and pronounced his words as you do : that s less gruff than we talk here , and softer 他有一種悅耳的低聲的說話口氣,而且吐字也跟你一樣。比起我們這兒講話來,沒有那么粗聲粗氣的,卻更為柔和些。

Afghan governors are stereotypically gruff , bearded men with a penchant for fighting , sweet tea and smoke - filled - room politics 根據一般人的刻板印象,阿富汗的省長通常是粗豪的大胡子,喜歡打斗、甜茶和在煙霧彌漫的密室里問政。

Mr bolton has been criticised for his gruff manner , which some suggest has hampered him in his goal of internal reform at the un 波爾頓的粗暴態度遭致批評,有些人認為這將阻礙他推行聯合國內部改革的目標。

Even before he could finish introducing his name and company , the gruff executive said , “ are you a salesperson ? 銷售代表回答: “是的,可在我們經理看來,我并不是個好的推銷員。 ”

Zoe looked very gruff and cast a frigid glance into each of the rooms as she lingered in madame s wake 佐愛很不樂意,總是慢吞吞地跟隨在夫人后面,對每個房間冷淡地看上一眼。

I hope there ain ' t , but i can ' t make so ` nation sure of that , ' said the guard , in gruff soliloquy “我倒也希望沒有問題,可我他媽的放心不下, ”那衛兵粗聲粗氣地自言自語。

I hope there ain t , but i can t make so nation sure of that , said the guard , in gruff soliloquy “我倒也希望沒有問題,可我他媽的放心不下, ”那衛兵粗聲粗氣地自言自語。

An gruff general asked , “ who ' d want to march into battle with a regiment of japs behind him ? 一個愛找碴兒的將軍問道: “敢問哪位愿意背后跟著一串日本佬去上陣? ”

Defarge looked gloomily at his wife , and gave no other answer than a gruff sound of acquiescence 德伐日陰沉地望了望他的妻子,只哼了一聲表示默認,卻沒說話。

“ dorn ' s teeth , shadow ! who did this to you ? “ the voice was deep , gruff “多恩之尖牙,尾行! !誰把你搞成這個樣子? ”深沉而又粗暴的聲音。

As gruff as a bear 粗暴得象一只熊

His gruff father warned , “ don ' t bring home an okinawan or an eta . 治家嚴格的父親囑咐說: “不能帶沖繩人或者賤民進家。 ”

Pardon me if i sound gruff ; i ' ve not a frog in my throat this morning 要是我的聲音沙啞,請原諒,今天早晨我得了咽喉炎。