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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The rainfall was rather scanty this month.
  这个月的雨量不足。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。