| 词汇 | not-waste-words |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | not waste wordsidiom If someone does not waste words, they talk only about what is important using as few words as possible: 惜字如金;不多费口舌 He explained the whole system in about 30 seconds - he doesn't waste words, does he?他只用了大约30秒来解释整个系统——真是惜字如金，对不对？ not speaking much or often quietShe's a quiet little thing. taciturnHer father was a shy, taciturn man. abruptHe is criticised for being too abrupt with his clients. curtShe was very curt with him. terseI don't appreciate how terse she is in meetings. Not saying much a few well-chosen wordsidiom abruptly abruptness boo briefly cat concisely conciseness crisp gnomic incommunicative laconic laconically monosyllabic monosyllabically pithily quietly quietness taciturn well chosen |
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