| 单词 | blunt instrument |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblunt instrument a. Of an angle, edge, or point: Not sharp, obtuse. Of a tool or weapon: Without edge or point. spec. blunt instrument, a loose term covering any large, heavy object that might be used as a murder weapon; transferred, a crude threat. For this notion blunt is now the established word; and this is also now the leading literal sense, which tends to influence the other senses. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > bluntness > [adjective] dulta1225 blunt1398 obtuse?a1425 dullc1440 slow1440 obtusedc1487 retuse1654 dubbed1747 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] sowelc893 treec893 cudgelc897 stinga900 bat?c1225 sticka1275 clubc1275 truncheon14.. bourdonc1325 bastona1400 warderera1400 plantc1400 kibble1411 playloomc1440 hurlbatc1450 ploykc1450 rung1491 libberlac1500 waster1533 batonc1550 macana1555 libbet1562 bastinado1574 crab-tree comb1593 tomahawkc1612 billeta1616 wiper1622 batoon1637 gibbeta1640 crab-bat1647 kibbo1688 Indian club1694 batterdasher1696 crab-stick1703 bloodwipea1705 bludgeon1730 kierie1731 oaken towel1739 crab1740 shillelagh1772 knobstick1783 pogamogganc1788 whirlbat1791 nulla-nulla1798 waddy1800 kevel1807 supple1815 mere1820 hurlet1825 knobkerrie1826 blackthorn1829 bastera1833 twig1842 leangle1845 alpeen1847 banger1849 billy1856 thwack-stave1857 clump1868 cosh1869 nulla1878 sap1899 waddy1899 blunt instrument1923 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] > a threat > a crude threat blunt instrument1966 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. xviii. 426 The capon is more cowarde of herte..his spores ben made blonte. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 41 Blunt of edge. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 306/2 Blont nat sharpe, rabatu, agasse. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 96 The poyntes of the leues wer blunter. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. f. 55v The middle letter doth alwaies signifie the Angle propounded, be it right, sharpe, or blunt. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. x. 10 If the yron be blunt . View more context for this quotation 1753 Scots Mag. June 280/1 A blunt pencil. 1885 Where Chineses Drive 140 The hatchet was too blunt to be of any service. 1923 D. L. Sayers Whose Body? vi. 147 The blow..had been made with a heavy, blunt instrument. 1966 Observer 13 Nov. 6/7 He chided the Government for using words like ‘freeze’ as blunt instruments. < as lemmas |
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