scanty

英 [ˈskænti]

美 [ˈskænti]

adj.  不足的; 欠缺的; 太少的; 小而暴露身体的

复数：scanties　最高级：scantiest　

TOEFL

BNC.19368 / COCA.25084

牛津词典

adj.

• 不足的；欠缺的；太少的
  too little in amount for what is needed
  1. Details of his life are scanty.
     关于他的生平，详细资料不多。
• 小而暴露身体的
  very small and not covering much of your body
  1. a scanty bikini
     遮不住多少身体的比基尼泳装

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 偏小的;偏少的;不足的;欠缺的
  You describe something asscantywhen there is less of it than you think there should be.
  1. So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects.
     迄今为止，我们掌握的能够指证两个嫌疑犯的证据少得可怜。
• ADJ-GRADED (衣服)暴露的
  If someone is wearingscantyclothing, he or she is wearing clothes which are sexually revealing.
  1. ...a model in scanty clothing.
     衣着暴露的模特

英英释义

noun

• short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
  Synonym:pantiepantystep-in

adj

• lacking in amplitude or quantity
  1. a bare livelihood
  2. a scanty harvest
  3. a spare diet
  Synonym:bare(a)spare

双语例句

• Co-operatives can be organized even with scanty means of production, as has been proved by the many co-operatives organized by poor and lower-middle peasants.
  生产资料少一点也可以组织合作社，很多贫农和下中农组织的合作社已经证明了。
• His head was large and ugly; he had pale scanty hair and an earthy skin.
  他的脑袋大而丑，头发灰白稀疏，土色的皮肤。
• We have only received scanty information fo far.
  我们迄今只收到了少量情报。
• So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects.
  迄今为止，我们掌握的能够指证两个嫌疑犯的证据少得可怜。
• Fresh water is a natural resource, and at the same time, a scanty resource.
  摘要淡水是一种自然资源，同时又是一种短缺资源。
• He was cut off from all but a scanty radio communication with his armies.
  他同他的部队之间除了零星无线电联络以外，一切的联系都被切断了。
• Even so since quantitative data were scanty and the photon so radical an idea it remained unaccepted by many.
  虽然如此，由于定量的数据还不足，而光子又是这样激进的一个概念，很多人仍然不愿接受它。
• Lily and the children could follow more slowly, harnessing the horse and cart to convey their scanty possessions.
  莉莉和孩子们可以在后面慢慢地跟，坐马车把他们仅有的一点家产运来。
• Our supply coffee and tea is scanty.
  我们的咖啡，茶供应量不足。
• The knowledge about higher plant mitochondrial ribosomes is scanty.
  关于高等植物线粒体核蛋白体的知识也少的可怜。