His voice was low and gravelly.
他的低沉、沙哑。
There was a wild cry, a swishing, dusty, gravelly noise, a rattle of stones, and Jill found herself sliding, sliding, hopelessly sliding, and sliding quicker every moment down a slope that grew steeper every moment.
一下子只听得一狂叫,一阵沙喇喇、哗嚓嚓的,石头骨碌碌滚动。吉尔只觉得自己在滑下去,滑下去,毫无希望地滑下去,每滑下一个越来越陡的斜坡,就滑得更快。
But the third (which rapidly swallowed up the other two) was the grey, gravelly surface of a platform in a country station, and a seat with luggage round it, where they were all sitting as if they had never moved from it.
第三幅图画很快取代了前面的两幅,那是乡间火车站那个灰蒙蒙、阴沉沉的站台和站台上那条被行李包围的长凳,他们都坐在长凳上好像从未离开过一样。
Ralph says, " I like a gravelly voice, speaking softly and saying... " – well, what Ralph is referring to here is that sometimes women who are trying to be or make themselves sexually attractive may speak in this lower voice.
拉尔夫说,“我喜欢沙哑的, 轻说话,说… … ” ——好吧,拉尔夫在这里指的是, 有时那些试图使自己具有性吸引力的女性可能会用这种较低的说话。