laconic

英 [ləˈkɒnɪk]

美 [ləˈkɑːnɪk]

adj.  简洁的; 简明扼要的; 凝练的

GRE

BNC.20481 / COCA.23248

牛津词典

adj.

• 简洁的；简明扼要的；凝练的
  using only a few words to say sth

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 寡言的；言简意赅的
  If you describe someone aslaconic, you mean that they use very few words to say something, so that they seem casual or unfriendly.
  1. Usually so laconic in the office, Dr. Lahey seemed less guarded, more relaxed...
     平常在办公室里寡言少语的莱希医生似乎少了些拘谨，多了几分轻松。
  2. 'At least we weren't kidnapped.' — 'I'm glad of that,' was the laconic response.
     “至少咱们没被绑架。”——“对此我很庆幸，”答复就是这么简短的一句话。

英英释义

adj

• brief and to the point
  1. a crisp retort
  2. a response so curt as to be almost rude
  3. the laconic repl
  4. short and terse and easy to understand
  Synonym:crispcurtterse

双语例句

• Introducing the concept of equivalent fixed pad, some laconic and unifying-expressions are obtained in this paper.
  为此，文中采用了当量固定瓦的概念，从而获得简捷而统一的表达式。
• The physical figure in the paper is laconic and is helpful to get amplitude equalized mode-locked pulses in experiment.
  所用物理图像简洁明晰，结果对获得功率均衡的谐波锁模脉冲的实验研究有一定的参考意义。
• The story displays the somewhat laconic wit of these people.
  故事显示出这些人身上的几分达练与机智。
• A slight frown and a laconic 'Yes,' were the answer.
  回答是淡淡的皱眉和一声简短的是的。
• What if Andy Warhol, famously laconic art luminary, had decided just once, at the right, liberating yet confidential moment, to give an articulate, self-revealing interview*?
  如果著名的艺术大师、惜字如金的安迪•沃霍尔（ANDYWARHOL）也曾经有那么一次，在一个恰当、释放但秘密的时刻，决定进行一次表述清晰、真情流露的采访，又会如何？
• A crisp retort; a response so curt as to be almost rude; the laconic reply;` yes '; short and terse and easy to understand.
  有力的反驳；太过简洁甚至是粗鲁的反应；简洁的回答道：‘是的’；简短、扼要而且容易理解。
• He sent me a laconic private message.
  他给我一封简要的私人函件。
• You did not when you saw him, Mr Lockwood: and at the period of which I speak he was just the same as then; only fonder of continued solitude, and perhaps still more laconic in company.
  洛克乌德先生，当你初见他时，你也没想到，就在我说到的这个时期，他也还是和从前一样，只是更喜欢孤寂些，也许在人前话更少些而已。
• "Start 10 years ago," is the laconic answer.
  简明的答案是“从10年前开始”。
• After completion of laconic epistolary compositions she abandoned the implement of calligraphy in the encaustic pigment, exposed to the corrosive action of copperas, green vitriol and nutgall.
  写完一篇书简体短文后，她就把书写用具丢在蜡画颜料里，任其暴露在硫酸亚铁、绿矾和五倍子中去腐蚀。