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
- It is not strange, then, that those who wrote of him should have eked out their scanty recollections with a lively fancy. The painter mostly adopted realistic painting methods, but also used some folk and traditional Chinese painting techniques.
因此,那些给他写文章的人必须借助于活跃的想象以弥补贫乏的事实,看来也就不足为奇了。画家在进行严谨的写实描绘中,借鉴了民间美术和传统工笔重彩的表现手法。 - His knowledge of mathematics is superficial and scanty.
他的数学知识浅显、贫乏。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Scanty information about their pupils.
关于他们学生的少得可怜的资料。 - The news today is so far scanty, but good.
今天的消息不多,但很好。 - We have only received scanty information fo far.
我们迄今只收到了少量情报。 - 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;