英语词汇“laconically”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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We’ll keep it brief. Laconia was an ancient country in southern Greece. Its capital city was Sparta, and the Spartans were famous for their terseness of speech. Laconic comes to us by way of Latin from Greek Lakōnikos, meaning “native of Laconia.” In current use, laconic means “terse” or “concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious,” and thus recalls the Spartans’ taciturnity.

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We would rather have a smiling, shape-shifting Democrat we don't trust than a frowning, laconic Republican we trust more.

Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 10 Oct. 1996 The closest anyone comes to announcing his destination is a laconic "Guess I'll head on in."

Richard Rhodes, The Inland Ground, 1991 … towards the father—laconic, authoritarian, remote, an immigrant who'd trained in Galicia to be a rabbi but worked in America in a hat factory—their feelings were more confused.

Philip Roth, Granta 24, Summer 1988 He had a reputation for being laconic. the sportscaster's color commentary tends to be laconic but very much to the point

Recent Examples on the Web My favorites were and remain Ron Padgett and the late, exquisitely laconic artist-poet Joe Brainard, both from Oklahoma.

Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Tall, laconic, with a penetrating gaze, the man had presence.

oregonlive, 8 July 2022 The laconic charmer went from sitcom sweetness to blockbuster glory with his low-key sense of humor intact.

Darren Franich, EW.com, 1 July 2022 Pulled between the sharp Dove and laconic Gilbert, Emmy’s is struggling to find her own voice.

Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2022 Tall and blond, with a square jaw and charmingly laconic screen persona, Mr. Hurt was suddenly in great demand.

Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022 But the magic of Richard Linklater, the laconic Texan who gave us modern classics like Before Sunrise and Dazed and Confused, is something else.

Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2022 ElliQ might suggest jokes to someone who laughs a lot, or keep quieter around a laconic sort.

Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022 Known as Laddie, the shy and laconic Ladd was known as one of Hollywood’s most likable and respected movie executives and producers.

Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 See More

单词	laconically
释义	laconic adjective la·con·ic lə-ˈkä-nik : using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious laconically lə-ˈkä-ni-k(ə-)lē adverb Did you know? We’ll keep it brief. Laconia was an ancient country in southern Greece. Its capital city was Sparta, and the Spartans were famous for their terseness of speech. Laconic comes to us by way of Latin from Greek Lakōnikos, meaning “native of Laconia.” In current use, laconic means “terse” or “concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious,” and thus recalls the Spartans’ taciturnity. Synonyms aphoristic apothegmatic brief capsule compact compendious concise crisp curt elliptical elliptic epigrammatic monosyllabic pithy sententious succinct summary telegraphic terse thumbnail See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences We would rather have a smiling, shape-shifting Democrat we don't trust than a frowning, laconic Republican we trust more. Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 10 Oct. 1996 The closest anyone comes to announcing his destination is a laconic "Guess I'll head on in." Richard Rhodes, The Inland Ground, 1991 … towards the father—laconic, authoritarian, remote, an immigrant who'd trained in Galicia to be a rabbi but worked in America in a hat factory—their feelings were more confused. Philip Roth, Granta 24, Summer 1988 He had a reputation for being laconic. the sportscaster's color commentary tends to be laconic but very much to the point Recent Examples on the Web My favorites were and remain Ron Padgett and the late, exquisitely laconic artist-poet Joe Brainard, both from Oklahoma. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Tall, laconic, with a penetrating gaze, the man had presence. oregonlive, 8 July 2022 The laconic charmer went from sitcom sweetness to blockbuster glory with his low-key sense of humor intact. Darren Franich, EW.com, 1 July 2022 Pulled between the sharp Dove and laconic Gilbert, Emmy’s is struggling to find her own voice. Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2022 Tall and blond, with a square jaw and charmingly laconic screen persona, Mr. Hurt was suddenly in great demand. Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022 But the magic of Richard Linklater, the laconic Texan who gave us modern classics like Before Sunrise and Dazed and Confused, is something else. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2022 ElliQ might suggest jokes to someone who laughs a lot, or keep quieter around a laconic sort. Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022 Known as Laddie, the shy and laconic Ladd was known as one of Hollywood’s most likable and respected movie executives and producers. Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Latin laconicus Spartan, from Greek lakōnikos; from the Spartan reputation for terseness of speech First Known Use 1589, in the meaning defined above laconically adverb as in concisely in a few words the witness answered the prosecutor's questions rather laconically and had to be coaxed into giving more details Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance concisely briefly tersely curtly succinctly crisply pithily elliptically shortly precisely summarily in brief in short compactly in sum abruptly sententiously exactly aphoristically brusquely bluntly in a nutshell in a word bluffly monosyllabically Antonyms & Near Antonyms verbosely wordily diffusely redundantly repetitiously long-windedly
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