An edge that has lost its point: a knife that presses instead of slicing. No fine tip, so it cannot go in — it can only push, mash, or land heavily.

一把不利的刀。刀尖磨掉了、刀口鈍了,所以它切不進去,只能壓、只能捶。這個畫面裡有兩層都很有用:一是「沒有細尖」——做不了精細的事;二是「碰到東西只能重重地撞上去」——不管接觸的是木頭、是人的頭,還是人的心情。英文用 blunt 講話直、講手段粗,靠的都是這同一把鈍刀。

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原始詞典資料14 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Bluntname

  • 1

    A surname transferred from the nickname.

  • 2

    A minor city in Hughes County, South Dakota, United States.

bluntadj詞源 1/blʌnt/

  • 1

    Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

    • The murderous knife was dull and blunt.
    • The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
  • 2

    Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.

    • His wits are not so blunt.
  • 3

    Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

    • I was taken aback by the blunt admission that he had never liked my company.
    • a plain, blunt man
  • 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.

bluntnoun詞源 1/blʌnt/

  • 1

    A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.

  • 2

    A short needle with a strong point.

  • 3

    slanglifestylesmokingA marijuana cigar.

    • […] 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

    archaicslangMoney.

    • 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.

bluntverb詞源 2/blʌnt/

  • 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

    • It blunted my appetite.
    • My feeling towards her have been blunted.

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