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

• Assumptions shall not be made on the basis of scanty information, especially scanty radar information.
  不应当根据不充分的资料，特别是不充分的雷达观测资料做出推断。
• A bare livelihood; a scanty harvest; a spare diet.
  拮据的生活；不充足的收获；节俭的饮食。
• The rainfall was rather scanty this month.
  这个月的雨量不足。
• 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。
• We have only received scanty information fo far.
  我们迄今只收到了少量情报。
• Our supply coffee and tea is scanty.
  我们的咖啡，茶供应量不足。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。