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单词
obtuse
释义
obtuse
ob‧tuse
/
əbˈtjuːs
$
-ˈtuːs
/
adjective
formal
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
obtuse
Origin:
1500-1600
Latin
obtusus
‘blunt’
, from
obtundere
‘to beat against, make blunt’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Maybe I'm being
obtuse
, but I don't understand what you're so upset about.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Even the deeply
obtuse
can be seized by kamikaze zeal.
He is a renowned and honourable man, but with regard to this matter he is either being naive or
obtuse
.
Heather tried to be as
obtuse
as she could.
How today's youngsters are
obtuse
!
The oral shield is rhombic but often with an
obtuse
proximal angle and a convex distal edge.
The oral shields is a rounded pentagonal with an
obtuse
or slightly rounded proximal angle.
The ventral arm plates are wider than long, pentagonal with an
obtuse
proximal angle and a slightly convex distal edge.
slow to understand things, in a way that is annoying
:
‘But why?’ said Charles, being deliberately obtuse.
—
obtuseness
noun
[uncountable]
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