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单词 blunt
释义
blunt
adjective
uk
/blʌnt/us
/blʌnt/

bluntadjective(NOT SHARP)

C2
A bluntpencil,knife, etc. is notsharpandthereforenotableto write,cut, etc. well.
（铅笔、刀等）钝的，不锋利的
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sharp and blunt
  • angularity
  • dull
  • hone
  • jag
  • jaggy
  • keen
  • point
  • pointed
  • pointy
  • prickly
  • razor-sharp
  • sharp
  • sharpen
  • sharply
  • spiked
  • spiky
  • super-sharp
  • ultra-sharp
  • whet
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bluntadjective(RUDE)

C2
saying what youthinkwithouttryingto bepoliteorconsideringother people'sfeelings:
直率的；生硬的；直截了当的
I'll be blunt - that lastpieceofworkyou did wasterrible.我就直说了——你创作的最后一件作品糟糕透了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • bald
  • baldly
  • baldness
  • bluff
  • bluntly
  • edgelord
  • flat outphrase
  • forthright
  • forthrightness
  • forwardness
  • plain speaking
  • plain-spoken
  • plainness
  • point-blank
  • pull
  • shoot
  • suffer
  • vocal
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Related word

bluntness
blunt
verb[T]
uk
/blʌnt/us
/blʌnt/
to make something lesssharp
使变钝
to make afeelinglessstrong:
使（情感）减弱
Myrecentbadexperiencehas blunted myenthusiasmfortravel.最近的倒霉经历已经使我对旅游的热情减弱了不少。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sharp and blunt
  • angularity
  • dull
  • hone
  • jag
  • jaggy
  • keen
  • point
  • pointed
  • pointy
  • prickly
  • razor-sharp
  • sharp
  • sharpen
  • sharply
  • spiked
  • spiky
  • super-sharp
  • ultra-sharp
  • whet
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Becoming and making less strong
blunt
noun[C]
uk
/blʌnt/us
/blʌnt/
slang
alargecigaretteorcigarcontainingthedrugcannabis
大麻烟卷
Examples
  • Kids are comingacrossblunts,pills, otherillegaldrugsandboozeintheirclassrooms,lockers,bathroomsand playfields.
  • Smoking blunts isbecomingacommonpracticewithteenagers.
  • They would justsitforhoursat atime,smokeas many blunts astheirsystemcouldhandle.
  • Officersobservedtwopartiallysmokedmarijuanablunts in theroom.
  • "Itellstudentsthatjoints,cigarsand blunts have seventimesmoretarthancigarettes," he said.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Specific types of drug
  • addictive
  • alprazolam
  • amnesiac
  • amyl nitrite
  • anaphrodisiac
  • anti-AIDS
  • anti-aphrodisiac
  • aphrodisiac
  • barbiturate
  • caffeine
  • GHB
  • hallucinogen
  • hallucinogenic
  • khat
  • legal high
  • LSD
  • MDMA
  • meow meow
  • psychedelic
  • smack
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(Definition ofbluntfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

blunt| American Dictionary

blunt
adjective
us
/blʌnt/

bluntadjective(DIRECT IN SPEECH)

saying what youthinkwithouttryingto bepoliteorcaringabout other people’sfeelings:
bluntcriticism
Blunt andoutspoken, he oftenquarreledwithfellowofficials.

bluntadjective(NOT SHARP)

[-er/-est only]
not having asharpedgeorpoint:
Use a bluntinstrumenttosmashthegingerandonioninto thegarlic.

bluntly

adverbus
/ˈblʌnt·li/
He is, to put it bluntly, abigbore.
blunt
verb[T]
us
/blʌnt/

bluntverb[T](MAKE LESS STRONG)

to make something lessstronglyfelt:
Eating betweenmealswill bluntyourappetite.
(Definition ofbluntfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblunt

blunt
Our model describes the normal impact of abluntbody on a shallow layer of liquid of uniform initial thickness.
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The literature is full of unproven claims about what is a good feature - and equallybluntstatements to the opposite.
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The egg suspension was administered orally to mice by using a syringe fitted with abluntneedle.
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Clinical diagnosis is confirmed through microscopic visualization of the mite, which may be extracted from a burrow with abluntneedle.
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Two considerations may help tobluntany such criticism even if they do not remove all legitimate concern.
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Dynamically speaking, one expects for v1 = 0.6 less concentration of vorticity around theblunttips.
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To bebluntabout it, lawyers are emotionally erratic and singularly ill-trained to adjudicate the nuances of friendship or the affective intensities between friends.
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The seemingly endless multiplication of voices crying for aid tends tobluntthe compassion of an increasingly indifferent and cynical public in the developed world.
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We cannot fully exclude the possibility that the tendency to blunted cortisol responses in the patient group has been influenced by benzodiazepine use.
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Close examination of cranial squama and major joint surfaces turned up no evidence ofblunt-force trauma or cut marks.
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The author wields thebluntinstruments of ' ' political transaction costs ' ' and ' ' induced ideological change ' ' at frequent intervals, inflicting substantial transaction costs on the reader.
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As seen in flow field photographs, a thermal has a mushroom-like appearance, with a blunted nearly hemispherical cap.
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The mesosome has a slender, smooth,blunt-tipped, long projection and a short pointed one (fig. 13, b).
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Further, consider the flow about ablunt-nosed slender body in high-speed flight (figure 2).
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Chaotic or unpredictable schedules might be one factor contributing to the blunted daytime pattern noted for some populations of children.
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