blunt
音标发音
- 英式音标 [blʌnt]
- 美式音标 [blʌnt]
- 国际音标 [blʌnt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 钝的，不锋利的；生硬的；直率的
- vt. 使迟钝
- n. (Blunt)人名；(英)布伦特
词源解说
- 直接源自中世纪英语的blunt，意为愚蠢的，迟钝的。
词根记忆
- “不拦的”→口无遮拦的→率直的
- “不拦的”→口无遮拦的→直率的
用法辨析
- blunt的基本意思是“不锋利的,钝的”,用于比喻则表示态度等“不客气的,率直的”。
- blunt的基本意思是“把…弄钝”,引申则表示“减弱”,指减弱了心灵的创伤、悲痛或做某事的热情。
adj. (形容词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- He is sharpening a pair of blunt scissors with a whetstone.
他在用磨刀石磨一把不锋利的剪刀。 - My pencil's blunt; can I borrow your sharpener?
我的铅笔钝了,能借用你的削铅笔刀吗? - His son is blunt in mind.
他儿子反应迟钝。 - The ax is too blunt to cut down the tree.
斧头太钝,砍不倒树。 - If you cut the iron wire with a knife, you'll blunt its edge.
如果你用刀砍铁丝,会使刀锋变钝的。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ～+ n.
用作表语: S+be+～
S+be+～+ prep .-phrase
S+be+～+to- v
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- blunt knife 不锋利的刀
- blunt refusal 不客气的拒绝
- blunt sb 's enthusiasm 减弱某人的热情
- blunt the edge 使刀锋变钝
- Emily Blunt 艾米莉·布朗特;布朗特;艾米莉;艾米丽布朗特
- Roy Blunt 布伦特;布朗特
- blunt bit 钝钻头
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
用作动词 (v.)
短语
英英字典
- (NOT SHARP) A blunt pencil, knife, etc. is not sharp and therefore not able to write, cut, etc. well.
- (RUDE) saying what you think without trying to be polite or considering other people's feelings
- to make something less sharp
- a large cigarette or cigar containing the drug cannabis
- If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite.
- bluntly
- A blunt object has a rounded or flat end rather than a sharp one.
- A blunt knife or blade is no longer sharp and does not cut well.
- If something blunts an emotion, a feeling or a need, it weakens it.
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专业释义
- 钝的
- 钝圆的