| 单词 | in brief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin brief a. in brief: in few words, shortly, concisely. With ellipsis of ‘to speak’: In short, to sum up. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] shortlyc893 brieflya1300 shortc1374 in sumc1384 compendiously1398 in brief1423 roundlya1516 succinctly?1537 brief1557 succinct1593 abbreviately1599 compactly1603 laconically1631 presslya1637 compactedly1649 curtly1654 concisely1686 laconicly1709 straightforwardly1874 scantly1885 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > in short at a (also one) wordOE at few wordsOE shortly1303 in short wordsc1380 oncec1384 in short and plainc1386 in sum?a1425 at short wordsa1450 at short1513 briefly?1521 in a word1522 in one word1522 with a word1522 summa1535 to be short1544 in (the) fine1545 in few1550 summarily1567 in a sum1574 in shorta1577 in brief1609 briefa1616 in a little1623 tout court1747 sans phrase1808 in a nutshell1822 in nuce1854 1423 Kingis Quair cxxvii Off quhich ryght thus hir ansuere was in bref. 1609 D. Rogers Harl. MS. 1944 lf. 22 A man..published..the matter of ye playes in breife. a1616 Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 267 In breefe, we are the King of Englands subiects. View more context for this quotation 1667 Milton Paradise Lost vi. 171 To whom in brief thus Abdiel stern repli'd. View more context for this quotation 1800–24 T. Campbell Cherubs 29 Ay, and a cut-throat too;—in brief, The greatest scoundrel living. 1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics ii. 21 Charles gave in brief the story of the storm. < as lemmas |
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