blunt

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /blʌnt/    美 /blʌnt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. countable,uncountable
  2. A short needle with a strong point. countable,uncountable
  3. A marijuana cigar. US,countable,slang,uncountable
    — […] to make his point, lead rapper B-Real fired up a blunt in front of the cameras and several hundred thousand people and announced, “I'm taking a hit for every one of y'all!”
  4. Money. UK,archaic,slang,uncountable
    — Down he goes to the Commons, to see the lawyer and draw the blunt[…]
  5. A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
  2. To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of figuratively
    — It blunted my appetite.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
    — The murderous knife was dull and blunt.
  2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute. derogatory
    — His wits are not so blunt.
  3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. derogatory
    — I was taken aback by the blunt admission that he had never liked my company.
  4. Hard to impress or penetrate.
    — December 30, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.
  5. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.

词形变化

blunter comparative bluntest superlative blunts plural blunts present,singular,third-person blunting participle,present blunted participle,past blunted past

词汇关系

近义词
blunten
衍生词
bluntable blunten blunt instrument bluntish bluntly bluntness bluntnose blunt-nosed viper bluntslide blunt-witted semiblunt
相关词
bluntly dull

词源

词源 1
From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).
词源 2
From Middle English blunten, blonten, from the adjective (see above).
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