scanty
英 [ˈskænti]
美 [ˈskænti]
adj. 不足的; 欠缺的; 太少的; 小而暴露身体的
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- Details of his life are scanty.
关于他的生平，详细资料不多。
- Details of his life are scanty.
- 小而暴露身体的
very small and not covering much of your body- a scanty bikini
遮不住多少身体的比基尼泳装
- a scanty bikini
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.- 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。
- So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects.
- ADJ-GRADED (衣服)暴露的
If someone is wearingscantyclothing, he or she is wearing clothes which are sexually revealing.- ...a model in scanty clothing.
衣着暴露的模特
- ...a model in scanty clothing.
英英释义
noun
adj
双语例句
- The news today is so far scanty, but good.
今天的消息不多，但很好。 - Her feet were bare, but she wore a scanty dress of rags and skins, and a gourd leaf on her hair.
她光着脚，但是身上穿着由兽皮和碎布制成的明显偏小的衣服，头上顶着一片葫芦叶。 - 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。 - Scanty and insufficient suppers those, and innocent of meat, as of most other sauce to wretched bread.
晚饭不多，量不足，没有肉，也没有别的佐料，只有劣质的面包。 - 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。 - 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。 - Information is again very scanty from low-and middle-income countries and no data are available at national or regional levels.
在低收入和中等收入的国家信息来源较少，许多国家或地区无数据。 - 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。 - 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； - 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。