"crusty remarks" "a crusty old man" "his curmudgeonly temper" "gruff manner" "a gruff reply"
"gruff voices" "the dog's gruff barking" "hoarse cries" "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"
A gruff country man, not conscious of, and therefore not ashamed of, his provinciality.
Speaking in the gruff voice of deep emotion.
Then a hearty handshake, a resumption of the usual gruff manner.
牛津高階第八版
美國韋氏詞典
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