terse 音標拼音: [t'ɚs]
a . 簡潔的,扼要的
簡潔的,扼要的
terse adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
crisp }, {
curt }, {
laconic }, {
terse }]
Terse \
Terse \,
a . [
Compar . {
Terser };
superl . {
Tersest }.] [
L .
tersus ,
p .
p .
of tergere to rub or wipe off .]
1 .
Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off ;
rubbed ;
smooth ;
polished . [
Obs .]
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Many stones , . . .
although terse and smooth ,
have not this power attractive . --
Sir T .
Browne .
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2 .
Refined ;
accomplished ; --
said of persons . [
R . &
Obs .]
"
Your polite and terse gallants ." --
Massinger .
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3 .
Elegantly concise ;
free of superfluous words ;
polished to smoothness ;
as ,
terse language ;
a terse style .
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Terse ,
luminous ,
and dignified eloquence .
--
Macaulay .
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A poet ,
too ,
was there ,
whose verse Was tender ,
musical ,
and terse . --
Longfellow .
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Syn :
Neat ;
concise ;
compact .
Usage : {
Terse }, {
Concise }.
Terse was defined by Johnson "
cleanly written ",
i .
e .,
free from blemishes ,
neat or smooth .
Its present sense is "
free from excrescences ,"
and hence ,
compact ,
with smoothness ,
grace ,
or elegance ,
as in the following lones of Whitehead :
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"
In eight terse lines has Phaedrus told (
So frugal were the bards of old )
A tale of goats ;
and closed with grace ,
Plan ,
moral ,
all ,
in that short space ."
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It differs from concise in not implying ,
perhaps ,
quite as much condensation ,
but chiefly in the additional idea of "
grace or elegance ."
[
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Terse "
ly },
adv . -- {
Terse "
ness },
n .
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106 Moby Thesaurus words for "
terse ":
Attic ,
Ciceronian ,
Spartan ,
abbreviated ,
abridged ,
abrupt ,
aphoristic ,
aposiopestic ,
axiomatic ,
bluff ,
blunt ,
brief ,
brusque ,
chaste ,
classic ,
clear ,
clear -
cut ,
clipped ,
close ,
close -
tongued ,
closemouthed ,
compact ,
compendious ,
compressed ,
concentrated ,
concise ,
condensed ,
contracted ,
crisp ,
curt ,
cut ,
direct ,
distilled ,
docked ,
dumb ,
easy ,
economical of words ,
elegant ,
elliptic ,
epigrammatic ,
finished ,
formulaic ,
formulistic ,
gnomic ,
graceful ,
gracile ,
gruff ,
incisive ,
indisposed to talk ,
laconic ,
lean ,
limpid ,
lucid ,
mum ,
mute ,
natural ,
neat ,
pellucid ,
perspicuous ,
petulant ,
pithy ,
plain ,
platitudinous ,
pointed ,
polished ,
precise ,
proverbial ,
pruned ,
pungent ,
pure ,
quiet ,
refined ,
reserved ,
restrained ,
round ,
rude ,
sententious ,
short ,
short and sweet ,
shortened ,
silent ,
simple ,
snug ,
sparing of words ,
speechless ,
straightforward ,
succinct ,
summary ,
synopsized ,
taciturn ,
tart ,
tasteful ,
taut ,
tight ,
tight -
lipped ,
to the point ,
tongue -
tied ,
trim ,
truncated ,
unaffected ,
ungracious ,
unlabored ,
unloquacious ,
untalkative ,
word -
bound ,
wordless
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