expressed in or of the nature of short, pithy maxims or aphorisms
格言警句式的;精辟的
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that most gnomic form, the aphorism .那种最精辟的形式,格言。
enigmatic; ambiguous
令人费解的;含糊不清的
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I had to have the gnomic response interpreted for me .我得让人给我解释一下这个莫名其妙的答复。
"early 19th cent.: from Greek