| 单词 | scanty |
| 释义 | scanty —scantily, adv. —scantiness, n. /skan"tee/, adj., scantier, scantiest. n. , pl. scanties. adj. 1. scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient. 2. meager; not adequate. 3. lacking amplitude in extent or compass. n. 4. scanties, very brief underpants, esp. for women. [1650-60; SCANT + -Y1; (def. 4) b. scanty and PANTIES] Syn. 1, 2. SCANTY, MEAGER, SPARSE refer to insufficiency or deficiency in quantity, number, etc. SCANTY denotes smallness or insufficiency of quantity, number, supply, etc.: a scanty supply of food. MEAGER indicates that something is poor, stinted, or inadequate: meager fare; a meager income. SPARSE applies particularly to that which grows thinly or is thinly strewn or sown, often over a wide area: sparse vegetation; a sparse population. Ant. 1, 2. plentiful, ample. |
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