From the word’s history

From Middle English blunt, probably of Scandinavian origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda 'to doze' and to blind.

源自中古英文 blunt,可能來自北歐語,和 blind 有關。

Wiktionary

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。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

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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