using only a few words to say something 简洁的;简明扼要的;凝练的 a laconic comment 简洁的评论 His laconic comment was, ‘Too bad!’ 他简短的评论是,“太糟糕了!
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘Laconian’): via Latin from Greek Lakōnikos, from Lakōn ‘Laconia, Sparta’; the Spartans were known for their terse speech.