| 单词 | blunt |
| 释义 | blunt I. 1. a. < served his time by showing how blunt the eyes and ears of writers generally are — Norman Foerster > b. < this consideration will make it evident to a blunter discernment than yours — Edmund Burke > 2. < the murderous knife was dull and blunt — Shakespeare > 3. archaic < though blunt my tale — Alexander Pope > 4. < you are entirely too blunt in your human relations — W.J.Reilly > < the petition was rejected in a blunt one-sentence letter of refusal — Paul Blanshard > Synonyms: see bluff, dull II. transitive verb 1. a. < blunted the swords > b. < blunts the acidity of vinegar > 2. < diminished men's sense of wonder and blunted their sensitiveness to the great mystery — Aldous Huxley > 3. < their zeal was quickly blunted by the yawn of habit around them — Bruce Marshall > < the attack was blunted > intransitive verb < its edges will never blunt — John Bunyan > III. 1. 2. slang IV. |
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