obtuse
معنی فارسی
باز منفرج کند خفه لب گرد نوک گرد سبک ملايم کودن
معنی کامل و مثالها
/äb tōōs´, ǝb-; -tyōōs´/adj.
● کند (در برابر: تیز یا برنده sharp)، نا برنده، سر پهن، کند نوک
● (زاویه - بیش از 90 و کمتر از 180 درجه) منفرجه، گشاده، باز
an obtuse angle
زاویهی منفرجه
● کند ذهن، خنگ، دیر فهم، پخمه
she was too obtuse to take my hint
او آنقدر خنگ بود که اشارهی مرا درک نکرد.
● پراکنده و مبهم (مانند برخی دردها)
an obtuse pain
درد مبهم
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Latin 'obtusus' meaning 'blunt, dull'.
مثال
- He is often obtuse and fails to understand subtle hints.
- The obtuse angle measures 120 degrees.
- An obtuse triangle has one angle greater than 90 degrees.
تعریف انگلیسی
- of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
- (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
- lacking in insight or discernment “too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior” “a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin”
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity “so dense he never understands anything I say to him” “never met anyone quite so dim” “although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray” “dumb officials make some really dumb decisions” “he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse” “worked with the slow students”
مترادفها
adjective
1. Blunt.
2. Dull, stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, stockish, heavy, slow, unintelligent, unintellectual, dull witted, blunt witted.
3. Dull, obscure, deadened, muffled.