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concise 音标拼音: [kəns'ɑɪs] a. 简洁的,简明的 简洁的,简明的 concise adj 1: expressing much in few words; " a concise explanation" [ ant: { prolix}] Concise \ Con* cise"\, a. [ L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of concidere to cut to pieces; con- caedere to cut; perh. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.; cf. F. concis.] Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking. [ 1913 Webster] The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood. -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little. -- I. Watts. Syn: Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary; succinct. See { Laconic}, and { Terse}. [ 1913 Webster] 67 Moby Thesaurus words for " concise": Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, aposiopestic, brief, brusque, clipped, close, close- tongued, closemouthed, cogent, compact, compendious, compressed, condensed, contracted, crisp, curt, curtailed, curtal, curtate, cut, decurtate, direct, docked, dumb, economical of words, elliptic, epigrammatic, gnomic, indisposed to talk, instantaneous, laconic, little, low, mum, mute, pithy, pointed, pruned, quiet, reserved, sententious, short, short and sweet, shortened, silent, snug, sparing of words, speechless, succinct, summary, synopsized, synoptic, taciturn, terse, tight, tight- lipped, to the point, tongue- tied, transient, trenchant, truncated, unloquacious, untalkative, word- bound, wordless
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