blunted 的 4 个定义
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.
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.
blunt·ed, blunt·ing.
- to become blunt or dull.
- something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- Slang. a cigar stuffed with marijuana.
blunted 近义词
make dull
更多blunted例句
- 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.