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blunted

/bluhnt/US // blʌnt //UK // (blʌnt) //

钝化,钝化的,迟钝的,钝的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    blunt·er, blunt·est.

    • : having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
    • : abruptly plain and direct in address or manner, without attempting to be tactful: a blunt, ill-timed question.
    • : slow in perception or understanding; obtuse: His isolation has made him blunt about the feelings of others.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    blunt·ed, blunt·ing.

    • : to make blunt or dull: He blunted the knife by using it to cut linoleum.
    • : to weaken or impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility of: Wine first excites, then blunts the imagination.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    blunt·ed, blunt·ing.

    • : to become blunt or dull.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
    • : Slang. a cigar stuffed with marijuana.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmake dull
Synonyms
cripple跛脚,跛子,跛脚的,残废dampen沾湿,沾沾自喜,沾湿了,润湿debilitate衰弱,削弱,衰弱的,弱化sap汁液,汁水,肥皂水,肥皂soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来undermine损害,破坏,颠覆,削弱water down掺水,浇水,浇灌,冲淡weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了attenuate衰减,递减,衰减的,渐进式benumb笨手笨脚,笨拙,笨拙的,笨手笨脚的deaden死气沉沉,死亡,死气沉沉的,死人desensitize脱敏,减敏disable禁用,停用,丧失功能,停用功能enfeeble衰弱,衰弱的,削弱,减弱numb哑巴,哑铃,哑谜,哑弹obtund钝的,钝化,钝器,肥胖hebetate他贝特,他贝特公司,鹤顶红,鹤壁take the edge off减轻负担,减轻压力,减轻压力的,减轻压力的方法

Examples

  • The impact of a short-term shutdown on public-facing services would likely be blunted by the coronavirus pandemic, which has kept many Americans indoors and closed or restricted the operations of operations like national parks.

  • So far, government aid has significantly blunted financial stress for millions of Americans.

  • There are other knives out there featuring blunt tips and supposedly learner-friendly features, but in my opinion, as an avowed not-a-parent, a kid is better off learning how to handle the real thing.

  • If we can just hang on and do those fundamental public health measures to try and blunt some of these surges, ultimately we can get out of this.

  • In the bluntest possible terms — and with the utmost respect for the form — TikTok is teenagers making pouty faces and gyrating into a camera.

  • American criticism, meanwhile, is blunted by the U.S. need to maintain its major military base in Qatar.

  • The First Amendment must not be blunted because upholding it makes a mess.

  • Nigel might pray to a pale Madonna; Isaacson dealt with a definitely blunted woman of the world.

  • California seemed less like a voluptuous leviathan blowing poppy-dust that blunted the memory of all things beyond her borders.

  • He was better fitted for the battle of life, but his susceptibilities and his enthusiasms were a trifle blunted.

  • Also the tender points of the fibres of the optic nerve would soon become blunted and the eye of course useless.

  • With them the body has worn out the soul, the senses have burned up the heart, dissipation has blunted the feelings.

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