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 knowledge of mathematics is superficial and scanty.
  他的数学知识浅显、贫乏。
• When visiting churches and temples, propriety indicates that shorts and scanty clothing be avoided.
  当访问教堂和庙宇时，要避免穿短裤和裸露的衣服。
• The information available is scanty.
  可得到的信息寥寥无几。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。