scanty
疏
常用释义
英音[ ˈskænti ]
美音[ ˈskænti ]
变形
复数:
scanties
比较级:
scantier/more scanty
最高级:
scanties/most scanty
基本释义
- adj. 少量的，不足的；（衣服）暴露的，紧（身）的
- n. <非正式>女式小短裤（或衬裤）（scanties）
例句
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1·The boy followed the old man, who commanded him to open the bag in which he carried his scanty dinner.男孩跟着老人，老人命令他打开袋子，袋子里装着他仅有的晚餐。
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2·Details of his life are scanty.关于他的生平，详细资料不多。来源: 《牛津词典》
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3·So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects.目前，我们指向两名嫌犯的证据太少。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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4·Adults' memories of the next few years also tend to be scanty.成年人对于其后几年的记忆也往往比较贫乏。
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5·On the other hand, the Sun was a scanty sheet providing little more than minor diversions; few today would call it a newspaper at all.另一方面，《太阳报》一片贫瘠，除了小小的消遣之外，没有什么可提供的；如今几乎没有人会管它叫报纸。
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6·The news today is scanty, but good.今天的消息不多，不过都是好消息。
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7·The beggar shivered in his scanty clothes.乞丐穿着单薄，冻得发抖。
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8·The rainfall was rather scanty this month.这个月的雨量不足。
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9·I have only a scanty knowledge of world affairs.我对于国际事务只是一知半解。
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10·Growth in 2004 was sluggish, yet above the scanty 0.3% of 2003.2004年的经济增长缓慢，但仍超过2003年0.3%。
同根词
词根：
scant