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 la·con·ic /ləˈkɑnɪk/
 (a.)簡潔的,簡明的

 La·con·ic, n. Laconism. [Obs.]
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 La·con·ic La·con·ic·al a.
 1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.
    I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.   --Pope.
    His sense was strong and his style laconic.   --Welwood.
 2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.
    His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well.   --Bp. Hall.
 Syn: -- Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed; pithy.
 Usage: -- Laconic, Concise. Concise means without irrelevant or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of diffuse. Laconic means concise with the additional quality of pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness.

 laconic
      adj : brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp
            retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude";
            "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy
            to understand" [syn: crisp, curt, terse]