英语词汇“scantness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

Adjective Food was in scant supply. She paid scant attention to the facts. Police found scant evidence of fraud. Verb don't scant the peanut butter on those sandwiches!

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Details are scant, but the title, Blade Runner 2099, hints at a story set 50 years after Denis Villeneuve's Harrison Ford-Ryan Gosling vehicle.

Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 16 Sep. 2022 Details are scant, but rangers with the National Park Service reported the skeletal remains were found around 8 p.m. Monday at the lake’s Swim Beach.

Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Polling is scant, but interest in the referendum appears high.

Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 New business development and home construction are scant.

Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 19 June 2022 The stories Caminiti told in rehab, though the patients re-telling them are scant on particulars after all these years, were confirmed in the book by Caminiti’s attorney Terry Yates, who didn’t go into detail because of attorney-client privilege.

Matt Young, Chron, 10 May 2022 While details are scant, the new shots contain two major changes.

Madison Muller, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022 Per usual with Fargo, character details are scant at the moment.

Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2022 Information about how Jynneos performs in people with H.I.V., particularly in those with severe immune problems, was already scant.

New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022

Adverb

How come scant few of America’s leading art museums own or display his work?

Chadd Scott, Forbes, 30 May 2021

Verb

There were few roads or trails or even paths to follow and scant potable water, but plenty of pit vipers and tarantulas.

Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022 In most cases, the Electoral College vote is a mere formality that carries no drama and garners scant public attention.

Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 18 Dec. 2020 Bennett’s story began in southern Georgia’s rural Brantley County, home to scant football tradition when the Bennetts arrived from the Atlanta suburbs in 2004.

Laine Higgins And Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020 Yet geriatrics is badly scanted in standard medical training.

Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020 Issues that involve race — such as voting-rights cases and challenges to affirmative action in higher education — receive extensive treatment, while other, no less interesting and important questions are scanted or ignored.

Carson Holloway, National Review, 20 June 2019 Foxhall’s history of migraine, unlike the self-help books, accommodates human complexity without scanting medicine’s contributions to a condition that affects roughly 1 in 7 people on our planet.

Sibbie O'sullivan, Washington Post, 10 June 2019 Yet, in his close attention to what the men inside the White House thought and did, Zeitz scants the larger reasons for their success and eventual downfall.

Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2018 Hospitals and heroic interventions got the large investments; incrementalists were scanted.

Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr short

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adverb

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

circa 1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	scantness
释义	scant 1 of 3 adjective ˈskant 1 dialect a : excessively frugal b : not prodigal : chary 2 a : barely or scarcely sufficient especially : not quite coming up to a stated measure a scant teaspoon b : lacking in amplitude or quantity scant growth 3 : having a small or insufficient supply he's fat, and scant of breath William Shakespeare scantly adverb scantness noun scant 2 of 3 adverb dialect : scarcely, hardly scant 3 of 3 verb scanted; scanting; scants transitive verb 1 : to provide an incomplete supply of 2 : to make small, narrow, or meager 3 : to give scant attention to : slight 4 : to provide with a meager or inadequate portion or supply : stint Synonyms Adjective exiguous hand-to-mouth light meager meagre niggardly poor scanty scarce skimp skimpy slender slim spare sparing sparse stingy Verb nurse skimp (on) spare stint (on) See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective Food was in scant supply. She paid scant attention to the facts. Police found scant evidence of fraud. Verb don't scant the peanut butter on those sandwiches! Recent Examples on the Web Adjective Details are scant, but the title, Blade Runner 2099, hints at a story set 50 years after Denis Villeneuve's Harrison Ford-Ryan Gosling vehicle. Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 16 Sep. 2022 Details are scant, but rangers with the National Park Service reported the skeletal remains were found around 8 p.m. Monday at the lake’s Swim Beach. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Polling is scant, but interest in the referendum appears high. Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 New business development and home construction are scant. Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 19 June 2022 The stories Caminiti told in rehab, though the patients re-telling them are scant on particulars after all these years, were confirmed in the book by Caminiti’s attorney Terry Yates, who didn’t go into detail because of attorney-client privilege. Matt Young, Chron, 10 May 2022 While details are scant, the new shots contain two major changes. Madison Muller, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022 Per usual with Fargo, character details are scant at the moment. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2022 Information about how Jynneos performs in people with H.I.V., particularly in those with severe immune problems, was already scant. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Adverb How come scant few of America’s leading art museums own or display his work? Chadd Scott, Forbes, 30 May 2021 Verb There were few roads or trails or even paths to follow and scant potable water, but plenty of pit vipers and tarantulas. Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022 In most cases, the Electoral College vote is a mere formality that carries no drama and garners scant public attention. Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 18 Dec. 2020 Bennett’s story began in southern Georgia’s rural Brantley County, home to scant football tradition when the Bennetts arrived from the Atlanta suburbs in 2004. Laine Higgins And Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020 Yet geriatrics is badly scanted in standard medical training. Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020 Issues that involve race — such as voting-rights cases and challenges to affirmative action in higher education — receive extensive treatment, while other, no less interesting and important questions are scanted or ignored. Carson Holloway, National Review, 20 June 2019 Foxhall’s history of migraine, unlike the self-help books, accommodates human complexity without scanting medicine’s contributions to a condition that affects roughly 1 in 7 people on our planet. Sibbie O'sullivan, Washington Post, 10 June 2019 Yet, in his close attention to what the men inside the White House thought and did, Zeitz scants the larger reasons for their success and eventual downfall. Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2018 Hospitals and heroic interventions got the large investments; incrementalists were scanted. Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Adjective Middle English, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr short First Known Use Adjective 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adverb 15th century, in the meaning defined above Verb circa 1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition scant adjective ˈskant 1 : barely enough Ramona paid scant attention to this little speech … Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby, Age 8 2 : not quite to a full amount, degree, or extent He poured a scant cup of milk. scantness noun as in shortage Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance shortage deficiency deficit scarcity poverty absence paucity failure scantiness inadequacy famine lack skimpiness undersupply insufficiency inadequateness deprivation necessity want need meagerness omission loss scarceness vacuum needfulness dearth privation void emptiness blankness vacuity Antonyms & Near Antonyms presence amplitude abundance wealth surplus plenty excess adequacy flood bounty supply deal loads plenitude quantity mountain stack mass stock pile sufficiency volume fund deluge oversupply pot pool lot raft stockpile plentifulness heap peck plenteousness wad cache surfeit plentitude stash overabundance bushel hoard superabundance reams gobs scads oodles much See More
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