\\\"a crisp retort\\\"
\\\"a response so curt as to be almost rude\\\"
\\\"the laconic reply; `yes\\\'\\\"
\\\"short and terse and easy to understand\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
I admire his terse style of writing. 我很欣賞他那簡潔的寫作風格。
Her reply about the matter was terse. 她對此事的答復簡明扼要。
常用短語
Turned the whole Bible into pure, terse, elegant Latin.