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

• 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。
• 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。
• '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。
• Only he grew colder and colder; laconic at meals, and rare in the house.
  不过，他变得越来越冷淡了，在餐桌上不大开口，也很少待在家里。
• Applied measurement example proves that the method is feasible and it can give priority to the high-stability, high-reliability sensors and it is laconic, efficient and advantageous to real-time measurement.
  测量应用实例验证了其在工程中的可行性，体现了稳定性、可靠性高的传感器在测量数据融合中的优越性，运算过程简洁、快速、有效，便于实时测量操作。
• He should have known she would take the first train possible after receiving his laconic message that Gerald was dead.
  他应该知道：收到他那封简短的信，得知父亲杰拉尔德去世的消息，她肯定会乘最早的一班火车赶来的。
• All I received in response to my request was the laconic reply "Wait".
  我全部收到回应我的请求都是简洁的答复“等候”。
• The texture of piano accompaniment is laconic, while it has comparatively strong artistic impressive force, thus builds and romances the emotion needed by the song.
  其钢琴伴奏织体简洁，但却具有较强的艺术表现力，营造和渲染出了歌曲所需要的情绪。
• But their father, though very laconic in his expressions of pleasure, was really glad to see them; he had felt their importance in the family circle.
  倒是她们的父亲，看到两个女儿回家来了，嘴上虽然没有说什么欢天喜地的话，心里确实非常高兴。他早就体会到，这两个女儿在家里的地位多么重要。
• This response was typical of the writer's laconic wit.
  这个回答反映了这位作家精练简明的特点。