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scanty是什么意思

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scanty 是什么意思

音标:[ 'skænti ]  

中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
(-ier; -iest)
1.缺乏的,(数量)不足[不多]的 (opp.ample )。
2.狭小的,稀疏的。
3.吝啬的,俭省的。
短语和例子
Crops are very scanty this year. 今年收成极少。 be scanty of (words praise) 难得(开口),不大(称赞)。
adv.
-ily ,-iness n.
short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
同义词:pantie, panty, step-in,

lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
同义词:bare, spare,

例句与用法

1.The want ads seemed scantier by the day .
招聘广告似乎逐日减少。

2.Crops are very scanty this year .
今年收成极少。

3.Bap measurement results were extremely scanty in this report .
在这个报告中,Bap的测定结果是十分缺乏的。

4.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。

5.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。

6.He was kindly, within his scanty means generous, and obliging .
他和蔼可亲,在自己菲薄的经济能力范围内乐善好施,有求必应。

7.The weather grew drier and the grass became scanty and the nomads stirred afresh .
气候干燥,水草稀少,游牧民重新动荡起来。

8.He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available .
他们不得不从获得的稀少而贫乏的线索中尽其所能地进行推断。

9.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。

10.We have to consider all contingencies in the employment of our scanty and overpressed air force .
我们在使用我们既属有限而又负担过重的空军时,必须考虑到一切意外事件。

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