| 单词 | scarce of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscarce of 5. scarce of: poorly or scantily supplied or provided with; deficient in; not having much of, short of. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > ill-provided with something barec1220 leana1340 needya1425 matterless1483 deficious1541 scarce of?1541 scanta1595 deficienta1616 strait1662 short of1697 shy1895 low on1904 short on1922 light1936 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Oijv In places drye and scarce of flesshe, as the fyngers and ioyntes. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xxx. 198 These countreys be baryn of wine and corne, and skarse of vitels. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 433 Dislodging from a Region scarce of prey To gorge the flesh of Lambs. View more context for this quotation 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 1098 We are very scarce of such citizens. 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) III. 253 This route..is very scarce of water. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xiii. 262 We are scarce of provisions. < as lemmas |
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