真的不利：刀、鉛筆、鈍器
這一族是核心畫面的字面樣子：實體的東西沒有鋒利的尖或刃。
blunt, not sharp · adjective · C2
Not sharp or pointed, so a knife, tool, or pencil cannot cut or write well.
鈍
核心畫面
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…更多收起
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。Three branches
人的說話與手段：沒有修飾的那種直
把鈍刀的第二層拿來用：沒有細尖，所以無法精細處理，只能整個撞上去。話語和方法都可以這樣「鈍」。
blunt, frank and direct · adjective · C2
Speaking in a completely honest way, even if this upsets people and a kinder, more careful way would be better.
直率
把感覺磨鈍
同一個「把刃磨平」的動作，對象換成心裡的感受：本來鮮明尖銳的，被磨得遲鈍了。
blunt, dull a feeling (verb) · verb · C2
To make a feeling, hope, or wish less strong than it was.
削弱
原始詞典資料14 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。