| 单词 | sparse |
| 释义 | sparse (once / 1879 pages) adj Something that’s sparse is thin, not dense. If you’re looking for the perfect place to build a tree house, a sparse forest is probably not your best bet. From the Latin sparsus, meaning “scattered,” we get the adjective sparse, which means “few and scattered.” Thinning hair is sparse, as is the population of an endangered species. Or a small and scattered crowd for an unpopular band. Synonyms include dispersed, infrequent, and scanty. Antonyms, on the other hand, include full, lush, and plentiful. WORD FAMILYsparse: sparsely, sparseness, sparser, sparsest, sparsity USAGE EXAMPLESMost moving is the scene in which the women exchange confidences as rain pours down, and customers are sparse. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) “A lot of the fringe sites looked a lot more sparse,” he said. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) For now, his plantation is fairly sparse, except for an area he’s named the Hill of Frankincense. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) adj not dense trees were sparse Syn thin distributed spread out or scattered about or divided up |
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