Word · Frequency #17836
hoarsely
嘶哑地；沙哑地
in a hoarse or husky voice
- 1.
With a dry, harsh voice.
嘶哑地。
嘶哑地。；嘶哑地；刺耳地
In use
After screaming at the concert all night, Julia could only speak hoarsely the next morning.
The tired traveler asked hoarsely where he could find a hotel.
She explained hoarsely that she had been talking for three hours straight.
speak/whisper + hoarsely
表示用沙哑的声音说话，常用于嗓子疲惫或生病时。
After the concert, he could only speak hoarsely.
音乐会结束后，他只能嘶哑地说话。
say sth + hoarsely
say 后可接宾语或直接引语，hoarsely 修饰说话方式。
She said goodbye hoarsely at the door.
她在门口嘶哑地道别。
cough + hoarsely
也可与 shout、cry 等表示发声的动词搭配，强调声音沙哑刺耳。
The patient coughed hoarsely all night.
病人整夜嘶哑地咳嗽。
Common mistakes
He spoke hoarse.He spoke hoarsely.
spoke 是行为动词，需要用副词 hoarsely 修饰动作；hoarse 是形容词，只能修饰人或嗓音，不能修饰动词。
His voice sounded hoarsely.His voice sounded hoarse.
sound 是系动词，后面应接形容词 hoarse 作表语，描述 voice 的状态；hoarsely 是副词，不能作系动词的表语。
Connections
Collocations
- say hoarsely
- 嘶哑地说
- She said hoarsely that she had lost her voice.她嘶哑地说她失声了。
- whisper hoarsely
- 嘶哑地低语
- He whispered hoarsely in my ear.他在我耳边嘶哑地低语。
- cry hoarsely
- 嘶哑地喊叫
- The crowd cried hoarsely for an encore.人群嘶哑地喊着要求再来一次。
- speak hoarsely
- 沙哑地说话
- After the concert, she could only speak hoarsely.演唱会结束后，她只能沙哑地说话。
- laugh hoarsely
- 嘶哑地笑
- He laughed hoarsely at the joke.听了这个笑话，他嘶哑地笑了。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
hoarse 与 horse(马)同音，想象一匹马嗓子沙哑地嘶叫，说话嘶哑地(hoarsely)。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：描述说话或喊叫的声音、小说或新闻报道的叙述 通常用于描述某人说话或喊叫时声音沙哑、不清晰，常见于小说叙述和日常口语，正式程度中性。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Coarsely rhymes with hoarsely. Densely, intensely, sparsely, loosely, and precisely all end in -sely in spelling, but their vowel sounds differ, so they do not rhyme with hoarsely.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.