| 单词 | to dull the edge of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dull the edge of 4. To take off the sharpness of, to blunt (an edge or point, or something edged or pointed). Often figurative in to dull the edge of = 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > bluntness > make blunt [verb (transitive)] blunta1398 dullc1440 rebate1468 obtusec1487 bate1535 abate1548 turn1560 unedgea1625 retund1691 dead1719 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] aggregea1382 obtunda1400 dull1552 to dull the edge of1605 blura1653 dullify1657 hebescate1657 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 135/1 Dullyn, or make dulle in egge toole, obtundo. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5131 Þen Vlixes..The derfe wordis of Diamede dullit with speche. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 5 My Reasons edge is dull'd in this Dispute. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 461 Lions, do hid their clawes within their skin when they goe or run, that so they might not be dulled. 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 78 How quickly the Edge of their Valour was dulled. 1821 ‘B. Cornwall’ Mirandola ii. ii Your sword is dulled With carnage, I am told. < as lemmas |
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