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gnomic

/noh-mik, nom-ik/US // ˈnoʊ mɪk, ˈnɒm ɪk //UK // (ˈnəʊmɪk, ˈnɒm-) //

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or resembling a gnome.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
brusque粗鲁的,粗鲁,蛮横的,粗糙的concise简要,简洁,简洁的,简明扼要cryptic晦涩难懂,晦涩难懂的,隐晦的,隐秘的curt咖特,遏制,遏止,凝视elliptical椭圆,椭圆机,椭圆形,椭圆体incisive精辟的,锐利的,尖锐的,透彻的laconic沉默寡言,口齿不清,沉默寡言的,口齿不清的pithy简洁,简洁的,简明扼要,精辟precise准确,精确,准确的,精密succinct简明扼要,简明扼要的,简明,简练的trenchant犀利的,鞭辟入里,精辟的,犀利abrupt突然的,骤然,突然,突发aphoristic言简意赅,箴言式的,谚语,警句式boiled down归结为,煮熟的,煮熟了的,煮熟了breviloquent冗长的话语,冗长的语言,漫无边际,长篇大论clear-cut明确,明确的,鲜明的,明确规定clipped剪下的,被剪掉的,被剪断的,剪断的close关闭,密切,结束,靠近compact紧凑型,紧凑,紧凑的,结构紧凑compendiary汇编,简编,汇辑,汇编本compendious简明扼要,简明扼要的,简明扼要的说,简明扼要地condensed浓缩的,凝练,浓缩,凝练的crisp清脆的,干脆利落的,干脆利落,爽快的cut to the bone刻骨铭心,斩钉截铁,斩钉截铁的说epigrammatic象征性的,象形文字,象征性,象征性的文字exact确实,精确的,精准的,确实的in a nutshell简而言之,一言以蔽之,简言之,概括地说lean精简,瘦身,倾斜,瘦肉精neat整齐的,整洁的,整齐划一,整洁pointed尖锐的,尖锐,尖的,尖头sententious感性的,感性,多情的,感情丰富的short and sweet短小精悍,短暂而甜蜜,短暂而温馨,短暂而甜蜜的snappy蹩脚的,爽快的,爽快,蹩脚summary摘要,概要,概述,撮要taut绷紧,绷紧的,绷得紧紧的,紧绷的to the point切中要害,切中时弊,说到点子上了,说到点子上

Examples

  • He would have looked very well as a priest: the shabby, gnomic variety one sees in small Italian towns.

  • Dyer uses this kind of gnomic, prophetic, baffling language all the time, and it can be trying and vague.

  • That dragons dwelt in mounds was a common Germanic belief, to which the Cottonian Gnomic verses testify.

  • Reference should have been given to the Exeter Gnomic Verses, 89 ff.

  • The moralizing of Bacchylides is rather an utterance of quiet meditation, sometimes recalling the strain of Ionian gnomic elegy.

  • Another element, always present in the longer odes of victory, is that which may be called the "gnomic."

  • The gnomic verses of Theognis were certainly sung; so were the satires of Archilochus and the romantic reveries of Mimnermus.