adj.鈍的；遲鈍的；直率的

v.使遲鈍；變鈍

Blunt scissors don't cut cleanly. 鈍剪刀剪不齊。

My pencil is blunt, could you lend me a knife to sharpen it? 我的鉛筆鈍了，你能借我把刀子削一削嗎？

It involves systematic yet banal design, and blunt reportage. 它使用系統(tǒng)的，然而平庸的設(shè)計和遲鈍的新聞報道。

He's very blunt and will tell you what he thinks about anything. 他的個性非常直率,會把他所想的都說出來。

The opinions of the article are too blunt. 文章的觀點過于直露。

His mind was blunted by boredom. 他的頭腦因厭煩而變得遲鈍。

You 'll blunt the scissors if you use them to cut cards. 用剪刀剪硬紙板,你會把剪刀弄鈍的。

blunt的基本意思是“不鋒利的,鈍的”,用于比喻則表示態(tài)度等“不客氣的,率直的”。

blunt的基本意思是“把…弄鈍”,引申則表示“減弱”,指減弱了心靈的創(chuàng)傷、悲痛或做某事的熱情。