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

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？
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。
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。
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。
"Start 10 years ago," is the laconic answer.
简明的答案是“从10年前开始”。
"No," was the laconic reply.
回答只是一声干脆的“不”。
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。
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”。
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。