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- (of a cutting implement) not or no longer having a sharp edge or point（刀具等）钝的, 不锋利的：
a blunt knife.
一把钝刀。
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- having a flat or rounded end平端的, 圆端的：
the blunt tip of the leaf.
叶子的圆形末梢。
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- (of a person or remark) uncompromisingly forthright（人, 话语）直率的, 生硬的, 耿直的：
a blunt statement of fact.
对事实直言不讳的陈述。
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- make or become less sharp（使）变钝：
with obj. wood can blunt your axe木头会使你的斧头变钝
no obj. the edge may blunt very rapidly.刀刃可能很快就会变钝。
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- with obj. figurative weaken or reduce the force of (something)〈喻〉使减弱; 使迟钝：
their determination had been blunted.
他们的决心变弱了。
- black slang a hollowed-out cigar filled with cannabis〈黑人俚语〉掏空后装满大麻的雪茄; 大麻雪茄。
派生词
bluntly
adverbbluntness
noun词源
Middle English （in the sense 'dull, insensitive'）： perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Old Norse blunda 'shut the eyes'.