a. 简洁的, 紧缩的

[ adj ]
briefly giving the gist of something
<adj.all>
a short and compendious booka compact style is brief and pithy
succinct comparisons
a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject

Succinct \Suc*cinct"\, a. [L. succinctus, p. p. of succingere to
gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird.
Cf. {Cincture}.]
1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.

His habit fit for speed succinct. --Milton.

2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.

Let all your precepts be succinct and clear.
--Roscommon.

The shortest and most succinct model that ever
grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind.
--South.

Syn: Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic;
terse.
※ -- {Suc*cinct"ly}, adv. --
{Suc*cinct"ness}, n.