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

• The information available is scanty.
  可得到的信息寥寥无几。
• A bare livelihood; a scanty harvest; a spare diet.
  拮据的生活；不充足的收获；节俭的饮食。
• 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。
• We have only received scanty information fo far.
  我们迄今只收到了少量情报。
• His grandfather made a scanty living by practising feng shui for people.
  他的祖父靠给人看风水勉强维持生计。
• His knowledge of mathematics is superficial and scanty.
  他的数学知识浅显、贫乏。
• The news today is so far scanty, but good.
  今天的消息不多，但很好。
• The crew started to eke out there scanty supply of fresh water.
  船员们开始节约使用储量不多的淡水。
• 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。
• To this scanty inventory of material wealth, ought to be added their land;
  还应把土地计入这个贫乏的物质财富清单；