laconic
英 [l?'k?n?k]
美
- adj. 簡潔的，簡明的
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?laconically;
中文詞源
laconic 簡練的
來自希臘語Lakon,地名，斯巴達屬地，以說話簡練著稱。參照電影《三百勇士》。
英文詞源
- laconic
- laconic: [16] The Greek term for an inhabitant of the ancient region of Laconia, in the southern Peloponnese, and of its capital Sparta, was Lákōn. The Spartans were renowned for not using two words where one would do (there is a story that when Philip of Macedon threatened invasion with ‘If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta to the ground’, the Spartans’ only reply was ‘If’), and so English used the adjective laconic (from Greek Lakōnikós) for ‘sparing of speech’.
- laconic (adj.)
- "concise, abrupt," 1580s, probably via Latin Laconicus, from Greek Lakonikos, from Lakon "person from Lakonia," the district around Sparta in southern Greece in ancient times, whose inhabitants were famously proud of their brevity of speech. When Philip of Macedon threatened them with, "If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta to the ground," the Spartans' reply was, "If." An earlier form was laconical (1570s). Related: Laconically.
雙語例句
- 1. Do you know the word LACONIC?
- 你認(rèn)識“LACONIC”這個單詞 嗎 ?
來自英語晨讀30分（初三）
- 2. Usually so laconic in the office, Dr. Lahey seemed less guarded, more relaxed.
- 平常在辦公室里寡言少語的萊希醫(yī)生似乎少了些拘謹(jǐn)，多了幾分輕松。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. "At least we weren't kidnapped." — "I'm glad of that," was the laconic response.
- “至少咱們沒被綁架。”——“對此我很慶幸，”答復(fù)就是這么簡短的一句話。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. A slight frown and a laconic'Yes,'were the answer.
- 回答是淡淡的皺眉和一聲簡短的 “ 是的 ”.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 雙城記
- 5. He sent me a laconic private message.
- 他給我一封簡要的私人函件.
來自辭典例句