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单词 scant
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scant

adjective
/skænt/
/skænt/
[only before noun]
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  1. hardly any; not very much and not as much as there should be
    • I paid scant attention to what she was saying.
    • The firefighters went back into the house with scant regard for their own safety.
    • There is scant evidence for this view.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryScant is used with these nouns:
    • attention
    • evidence
    • mention
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr ‘short’.
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