2012_04_22 Obtuse adj. 還不快或警報知覺，感覺，或智力。blunt in form.

Word of the Day for Sunday, April 22, 2012
obtuse \uhb-TOOS\, adjective:
1. Not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect.
2. Not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
3. (Of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
4. Indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
"Excuse me?" Rose says, giving me the look I deserve, given the obtuse nature of my invitation.
 -- David Sosnowski, Vamped
That was always your failing. Too obtuse. Never able quite to get to the point. Or to make people realise when you have got there.
 -- Paul House, Dust Before the Wind
He tried to collect his newspaper from under her while asking, “Then why did you ask me that obtuse question?”
 -- Shelly Hancock, Entertaining Jonathan
Obtuse comes from the Latin word tundere which meant "to beat" and the prefix ob- meaning "against" because it referred to the process of beating metal until it was dull.
鈍\ UHB-TOOS\，形容詞：

1。還不快或警報知覺，感覺，或智力。
2。不鋒利，尖銳，或尖，鈍的形式。
3。 （葉，花瓣等）環繞在下肢。
4。隱約感覺或知覺，疼痛或聲音。

“對不起我嗎？”羅斯說，給我應有的看看我，給予我的邀請鈍性質。
- 大衛Sosnowski，Vamped

一直是你的失敗。太鈍。從來沒有能夠相當去點。或使人們意識到，當你到了那裡。
- 保羅樓，風前的灰塵

他試圖從她收集他的報紙，一邊問：“那你為什麼還要問我，鈍的問題嗎？”
- 雪萊娛樂喬納森·漢考克，

鈍因為它提到的跳動，直到它是沉悶的金屬從拉丁詞tundere這意味著“擊敗”的前綴OB-意思是“反對”。

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