| 释义 |
blunt/blʌnt/ adj. & v.●adj. 1 (of a knife, pencil, etc.) lacking a sharp edge or point; having a worn-down point or edge (小刀、铅笔等)钝的，不锋利的 2 (of a person or manner) direct, uncompromising, outspoken (人或举止)直率的，坦诚的，直言不讳的 ●v. tr. make blunt or less sharp 使钝，使迟钝，使不锋利 □ bluntly adv. (in sense 2 of adj. 用于形容词释义 2)□ bluntness n.[Middle English, in the sense ‘dull, insensitive’ (of perceptions or intellect), perhaps from Scandinavian: cf. Old Norse blunda ‘shut the eyes’] |