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Using very few words. A laconic person answers 'Fine.' when you ask about their whole weekend.
Using使用 very few words很少的字。 when you ask about their whole weekend在你問他整個週末過得如何時 a laconic personlaconic的人 answers只會回答 'Fine.'「Fine.」
But the word carries more than 'short' — it suggests a certain calm or dryness, even a bit of style. Ask a laconic man if the building is on fire and he says 'Looks like it.' That is why it is often used with admiration, or at least amusement, where 'quiet' would be flat and 'rude' would be too harsh.
But但 the word carries more than 'short'這個詞的意思不只是「話少」: it suggests它暗示 a certain calm or dryness一種冷靜或乾脆 even a bit of style甚至帶點風格。 Ask a laconic man問一個laconic的男人 if the building is on fire大樓是不是著火了 he says'Looks like it.'他會說「Looks like it.」 That is why這就是為什麼 it is often used with admiration, or at least amusement這個詞常帶點欣賞，至少也是覺得好笑的口氣 where 'quiet' would be flat換成「quiet」會太平淡 and 'rude' would be too harsh換成「rude」又太嚴厲
You can describe a person (a laconic farmer), their manner (a laconic style), or the words themselves (a laconic reply, a laconic note).
You你 can describe可以用它形容 a person一個人 (a laconic farmer)（a laconic farmer） their manner他們的態度 (a laconic style)（a laconic style） or或 the words themselves話語本身 (a laconic reply, a laconic note)（a laconic reply、a laconic note）
It is a literary word — common in novels and journalism, rarer in conversation.
It它 is是 a literary word一個文學性的詞: common in novels and journalism在小說和新聞寫作裡常見 rarer in conversation在對話裡比較少見
Because it hints at self-control, it is used more often of men in fiction, though nothing in the word requires that.
Because it hints at self-control因為它暗示自制力 it is used more often of men in fiction小說裡比較常用來形容男性 though不過 nothing in the word requires that這個詞本身並沒有規定一定要這樣
組成From Laconia, the region of ancient Greece the Spartans came from. The Spartans were famous for saying as little as possible. The story goes that an enemy sent them a threat — 'If we enter your land, we will destroy you' — and the Spartans wrote back one word: 'If.' That is the word in a nutshell.
同家族的字
- laconicallythe adverb form of the same word
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Laconicadj
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Of or relating to ancient Laconia in Greece.
laconicadj/ləˈkɒnɪk/
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Of speech or writing, communicative through the use of as few words as possible.
- Near-synonym: brief
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Of a speaker or writer, communicating through the use of as few words as possible.
- Near-synonyms: taciturn, untalkative, terse, quiet, spartan
- I grow laconick even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.
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Laid-back; casual; not intense.
- A key player up the other end of the ground is Harris Andrews, who sometimes gets unfairly criticised for his laconic playing style. He desperately cares for this team.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。