单词 | blunt |
释义 | blunt (blʌnt ) Word forms: blunter , bluntest , blunts , blunting , blunted 1. adjective If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite. She is blunt about her personal life. She told the industry in blunt terms that such discrimination is totally unacceptable. Synonyms: frank, forthright, straightforward, explicit bluntly adverb [ADVERB with verb] 'I don't believe you!' Jeanne said bluntly. To put it bluntly, he became a pain. bluntness uncountable noun [oft poss NOUN] His bluntness got him into trouble. Synonyms: frankness, forthrightness, openness, candour 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A blunt object has a rounded or flat end rather than a sharp one. One of them had been struck 13 times over the head with a blunt object. 3. adjective B2 A blunt knife or blade is no longer sharp and does not cut well. 4. verb If something blunts an emotion, a feeling, or a need, it weakens it. The constant repetition of violence has blunted the human response to it. [VERB noun] The passing of time will blunt the pain. [VERB noun] Synonyms: dull, weaken, soften, numb Collocations: blunt cut I'd advise her to ditch the layers and have a shorter, more blunt cut to make the hair look more solid. Times, Sunday Times The blunt cut gave the impression of thicker hair. Times, Sunday Times Blunt cuts of the late 1980s brought long hair to an equal length across the back. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bigger than the blunt end of a pencil, darkening and enlarging? The Sun He looks at the blunt end he's been brandishing and frowns. Times, Sunday Times The result was quite clear: the blunt end was best. Times, Sunday Times Parcel tape was fixed to the blunt end of the darts to act as flights. The Sun The blunt end goes down and the pointy end goes up. Times, Sunday Times In blunt language, they had been priced out of a job. Times, Sunday Times He used some very blunt language in a closed session that was inadvertently, but fortuitously, broadcast through an open mike. Globe and Mail The blunt language packs a punch. The Times Literary Supplement It was later established that her injuries were inflicted by a blunt object to the head and upper body. Times, Sunday Times I'd considered a blunt object, for example a stick, but this would be hard to hide and hard to do. The Sun Nearly all the rest were down to people hurting themselves with a 'sharp or blunt object'. The Sun She had been struck over the head with a blunt object. The Sun A post-mortem examination found that she had been repeatedly hit on the head with a blunt object. Times, Sunday Times A similarly blunt style was on display during the election campaign. Times, Sunday Times It has a blunt style featuring high-energy kicks and punches. Times, Sunday Times A social theme along with bold and blunt style of writing about life's harsh realities makes him stand out from other writers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Compared with water, black tea 'significantly improved' function, whereas 'milk completely blunted the effects'. Times, Sunday Times By refusing to propose an alternative government the protesters have blunted the effect of these attacks. Times,Sunday Times A potassium-rich diet blunts the effects of eating salt on blood pressure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This change has been shown to blunt the effects of excess salt intake on hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It adds nothing to the meaning but merely, owing to verbiage, blunts the impact of the sentence. Times, Sunday Times But he slightly blunted the impact by adding that everyone had something to do with it, including 'the individual home buyer buying a home they couldn't afford'. Times, Sunday Times After suffering years of bad press, the industry was, he argued, finally blunting the impact of its critics. Times, Sunday Times A rigid system of countermeasures enacted to combat sanctions succeeded in blunting their impact for at least a decade. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It feels that way because cut hair has a blunt tip. The Sun The straight-margined forewings have a somewhat drawn-out but blunt tip and 12 veins. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The spire tapers regularly, but ends in a blunt tip. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 4.3 mm fore wings are a little over 3 times as long as they are wide and have a blunt tip. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their actines are cylindrical or conical, with a blunt tip. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You just can't do all that fancy, fast onion chopping with a blunt tool. Times, Sunday Times But it was a blunt tool which nearly bankrupted us - and should be treated as the nuclear option next time around. The Sun They're a blunt tool, yes, but handy shorthand. Times, Sunday Times However, an official assessment by civil servants warns that price caps are a blunt tool that will not solve the 'fundamental mismatch' between supply and demand for trained staff. Times, Sunday Times So water may be a blunt tool in comparison. Times, Sunday Times To call this advice insensitive would risk according it the status of a blunt truth. Times, Sunday Times In fact, the blunt truth was that he hated the place. Times, Sunday Times The phrases 'the blunt truth was' and 'the fact was' recur like a musical chorus, and should have been deleted by a diligent editor. Times, Sunday Times She speaks the blunt truth rather often, refusing to soften her words, as she feels this would dilute the truth of the matter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 钝的, 使减弱, 钝的 Japanese: 鈍い, 鈍らせる, 鈍い |
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