blunt
blunt 英 [blʌnt] 美 [blʌnt]
adj. 钝的，不锋利的；直率的 vt. 使迟钝
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- A blunt object is rounded — it isn't very pointy. A blunt comment is candid — it isn't very subtle. When we blunt things we make them less lively, sharp, or intense.
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- adj. 钝的，不锋利的；直率的
- vt. 使迟钝
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1. a blunt knife
钝刀子
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2. This pencil's blunt !
这支铅笔不尖了！
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3. he was hit with a blunt instrument.
警方说他遭到了钝器袭击。
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4. To be blunt, you do your job badly.
坦率地说，你的活干得糟透了。
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5. She has a reputation for blunt speaking.
她说话出了名地直截了当。
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6. Age hadn't blunted his passion .
岁月没有冲淡他的激情。
- blunt (adj.) c. 1200, blunt, blont, "dull, obtuse" (of persons), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from or related to Old Norse blundra "to shut one's eyes" (see blunder (v.)). Or from Old English blinnan (past participle blon) "to stop, cease, come to an end." Of tools or weapons, "not sharp, without edge or point," late 14c. Meaning "abrupt of speech or manner" is from 1580s. Late 18c. Scottish writers used blunty (n.) for "stupid fellow."
- blunt (n.) 1610s, "a blunt sword;" 1833 as a size or type of needle; late 19c. as a size or type of cigars, from blunt (adj.). As street slang for "marijuana and tobacco cigar" (easier to pass around, easier to disguise, and the stimulant in the tobacco enhances the high from the pot), by c. 1993, said to have originated among Jamaicans in New York City in the early 1980s; from Phillies Blunt brand cigars.
- blunt (v.) "to make blunt, dull the edge or point of," late 14c., from blunt (adj.). Related: Blunted; blunting.
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