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 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。
• 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。
• I haven't got a good enough figure to wear such a scanty dress.
  我的身材还不够苗条，穿不上这么窄小的衣服。
• He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available.
  他必须根据现有的几条不充分的线索进行推理。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His knowledge of mathematics is superficial and scanty.
  他的数学知识浅显、贫乏。
• The rainfall was rather scanty this month.
  这个月的雨量不足。