His voice was low and gravelly.
他的声音低沉、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.
一下子只听得一声狂叫,一阵沙喇喇、哗嚓嚓的声音,石头骨碌碌滚动。吉尔只觉得自己滑下去,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,“我喜沙哑的声音, 轻声说话,说… … ” ——好吧,拉尔夫这里指的是, 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声音说话。