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growly

/grou-lee/US // ˈgraʊ li //

增长的,成熟的,生长的,成长的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    growl·i·er, growl·i·est.

    • : resembling a growl in pitch and harshness: This cold has made my voice growly.
    • : irritable; grouchy.

Examples

  • Here comes Tyson's team, a dozen bodyguards, growly and hard, in black leather hats that say KICK ASS.

  • "Now just don't you overdo this Lord-of-Creation business, Mr. Man," says a deep, growly voice.

  • That senile old substitute of yours—the Dock—has been as growly-powly as a bear to-day.

  • Grumpy-growly, the father, was a jolly, cross old fellow—oh!

  • But I don't think he got it very bad, because we all knew by the noise he made that Big Growly wasn't really very mad.

  • Perhaps it is high pitched and squeaky; or, on the other hand, a "growly" bass suggestive of ill-nature.