形容詞 gravelly:

1. abounding in small stones
   同義詞：pebbly, shingly
2. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
   同義詞：grating, gravel, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy

1. A gravelly voice.
   沙啞、刺耳的嗓音
2. A currency crisis is something that is not supposed to happen these days. The very idea evokes images form old newsreels, with grave statesmen in top hast emerging from limousines to urge calm in gravelly voices. But suddenly Europe is up to its eyebrows in one.
   通貨危機是現(xiàn)今不應(yīng)發(fā)生的事。談到這件事就令人想到往昔的新聞影片，政府大員頭戴高頂禮帽，表情沉重，從禮賓車?yán)锍鰜?，聲音沙啞而低沉地促請民眾冷靜。可是現(xiàn)在突然間歐洲通貨危機已迫在眉睫。

grav.el.ly

adj.（形容詞）
Of, full of, or covered with rock fragments or pebbles:
沙礫多的，含砂礫的：鋪滿或覆蓋著巖石碎片或鵝卵石的：
例句：
a gravelly beach.
碎石灘

Having a harsh rasping sound:
發(fā)出沙啞、刺耳聲的：
例句：
a gravelly voice.
沙啞、刺耳的嗓音