| 单词 | obtuse |
| 释义 | obtuse (once / 2876 pages) 1adj 2adj 3adj The adjective obtuse is good for describing someone slow on the uptake: "Don't be so obtuse: get with the program!" The adjective obtuse literally means "rounded" or "blunt," but when it's used for a person, it means "not quick or alert in perception" — in other words, not the sharpest tool in the shed. It's not just for dull people, but also dull angles: in geometry, an obtuse angle is one that is not so sharp (between 90 and 180 degrees). WORD FAMILYobtuse: obtusely, obtuseness, obtuser, obtusest USAGE EXAMPLESAnyone who finds Russia’s motivation mysterious is being intentionally obtuse. Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) Swift shared news of the single with her 82.2 million Twitter followers, with only the obtuse comment: “Z | T | 50”. The Guardian(Dec 09, 2016) Last year, he attacked the call by Pope Francis for action on climate change as “scientifically ill-informed, economically illiterate, intellectually incoherent and morally obtuse.” Los Angeles Times(Nov 27, 2016) 1 adj of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees 2Ant acute of an angle; less than 90 degrees 1adj lacking in insight or discernment too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior Syn purblind undiscerning lacking discernment 2adj slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity 3he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse Syn dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow stupid lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity adj (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex Syn simple, unsubdivided (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions |
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