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单词 scarcity
释义

scarce /skārs/

adjective
  1. By no means plentiful
  2. Not often found
  3. Hard to get
  4. In short supply
  5. Sparing (obsolete)
adverb
  1. Scarcely
  2. With difficulty (Milton)
  3. Hardly ever
ORIGIN: ONFr escars (Fr échars) niggardly, from a LL substitute for L excerptus, pap of excerpere, from ex out, and carpere to pick

scarceˈly adverb

  1. Only just
  2. Not quite
  3. Hardly ever
  4. Not at all
  5. Scantily (obsolete)

scarceˈness noun

scarcˈity noun

  1. The state or fact of being scarce
  2. Shortness of supply, esp of necessaries
  3. Dearth
  4. Deficiency
  5. Niggardliness (obsolete)

make oneself scarce (informal)

To leave quickly, unobtrusively, for reasons of prudence, tact, etc

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