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

• 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。
• We have only received scanty information fo far.
  我们迄今只收到了少量情报。
• The information available is scanty.
  可得到的信息寥寥无几。
• From scanty news published in their mountain newspapers, some few cadres thought the Russians could not hold out.
  从在山区发行的报纸所登载的点滴消息中，少数干部认为俄国人坚持不下去了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。