词典释义：
(of a cutting implement)not or no longer having a sharp edge or point
（刀具等）钝的，不锋利的
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a blunt knife. 一把钝刀。
having a flat or rounded end
平端的，圆端的
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the blunt tip of the leaf. 叶子的圆形末梢。
(of a person or remark)uncompromisingly forthright
（人，话语）直率的，生硬的，耿直的
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a blunt statement of fact .对事实直言不讳的陈述。
make or become less sharp
（使）变钝
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[with obj.]
wood can blunt your axe 木头会使你的斧头变钝
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[no obj.]
the edge may blunt very rapidly .刀刃可能很快就会变钝。
[with obj.]
〈喻〉 使减弱；使迟钝
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their determination had been blunted .他们的决心变弱了。
〈黑人俚语〉 掏空后装满大麻的雪茄；大麻雪茄。
Anthony (Frederick) (1907—83), British art historian, Foreign Office official, and Soviet spy. He confessed in 1965 that he had been a Soviet agent since the 1930s and had facilitated the escape of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean. When these facts were made public in 1979 he was stripped of his knighthood.
布伦特，安东尼（· 弗雷德里克）（１９０７—１９８３，英国美术史学家、外交部官员、苏联间谍；他１９６５年承认自２０世纪３０年代始充当苏联特工，曾帮助盖伊·伯吉斯和唐纳德·麦克林逃跑，１９７９年这些事实公开后，被剥夺了爵士身份）。
"Middle English （in the sense ‘dull, insensitive’）： perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Old Norse
