Roughness

(noun.) harsh or severe speech or behavior; 'men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity'; 'the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet'.

(noun.) a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven.

录入:泽维尔

• She sits, in her stately manner, holding her hand, and regardless of its roughness, puts it often to her lips. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She moved her head under his hand and smiled up at him and he felt the thick but silky roughness of the cropped head rippling between his fingers. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He had not even remembered that it was low-pitched, with a faint roughness on the consonants. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• There was little roughness in the sport, and much playfulness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• A child may have to be snatched with roughness away from a fire so that he shall not be burnt. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• This is probably due to a degree of roughness in the surface of fibers, often imperceptible to the eye, yet preventing them when in close contact from slipping easily upon each other. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There was no opportunity for conversation, on account of the roughness of the way and the noise of the wheels. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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