blunt
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [bl?nt]
- 美式音標(biāo) [bl?nt]
- 國際音標(biāo) [bl?nt]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj. 鈍的,不鋒利的;生硬的;直率的
- vt. 使遲鈍
- n. (Blunt)人名;(英)佈倫特
詞源解說
- 直接源自中世紀(jì)英語的blunt,意爲(wèi)愚蠢的,遲鈍的。
詞根記憶
- “不攔的”→口無遮攔的→率直的
- “不攔的”→口無遮攔的→直率的
用法辨析
- blunt的基本意思是“不鋒利的,鈍的”,用於比喻則表示態(tài)度等“不客氣的,率直的”。
- blunt的基本意思是“把…弄鈍”,引申則表示“減弱”,指減弱了心霛的創(chuàng)傷、悲痛或做某事的熱情。
adj. (形容詞)
v. (動詞)
英漢例句
- He is sharpening a pair of blunt scissors with a whetstone.
他在用磨刀石磨一把不鋒利的剪刀。 - My pencil's blunt; can I borrow your sharpener?
我的鉛筆鈍了,能借用你的削鉛筆刀嗎? - His son is blunt in mind.
他兒子反應(yīng)遲鈍。 - The ax is too blunt to cut down the tree.
斧頭太鈍,砍不倒樹。 - If you cut the iron wire with a knife, you'll blunt its edge.
如果你用刀砍鉄絲,會使刀鋒變鈍的。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ~+ n.
用作表語: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
S+be+~+to- v
用作動詞 (v.)
用作及物動詞: S+~+ n./pron.
詞組短語
- blunt knife 不鋒利的刀
- blunt refusal 不客氣的拒絕
- blunt sb 's enthusiasm 減弱某人的熱情
- blunt the edge 使刀鋒變鈍
- Emily Blunt 艾米莉·佈朗特;佈朗特;艾米莉;艾米麗佈朗特
- Roy Blunt 佈倫特;佈朗特
- blunt bit 鈍鑽頭
用作形容詞 (adj.)
~+名詞
用作動詞 (v.)
短語
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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專業(yè)釋義
- 鈍的
- 鈍圓的