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scanty adj.缺乏的,不足的,稀疏的,俭省的,不充足的 The adjective scanty comes from the Old Norse scamt, which means "short or brief," and so suggests a small amount. The word usually suggests a meager amount, and can refer to anything that is barely sufficient. Someone trying to stretch a meal might offer scanty servings. On a humorous note, a Roaring Twenties flapper referred to her underwear as scanties. ☆☆☆☆☆ 2001.4

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['skænti] We refer to an amount or thing that is not quite enough as scanty, or lacking. It's an adjective used to describe something that doesn't offer enough, as in "farmers having a scanty crop in a drought year." Examples of benefits or costs of the current concentration wave are scanty. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]偏小的；偏少的；不足的；欠缺的 You describe something as scanty when there is less of it than you think there should be. So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects.迄今为止，我们掌握的能够指证两个嫌疑犯的证据少得可怜。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](衣服)暴露的 If someone is wearing scanty clothing, he or she is wearing clothes which are sexually revealing. ...a model in scanty clothing.衣着暴露的模特scantily...a troupe of scantily-clad dancers.衣不蔽体的舞蹈团成员...pictures of scantily dressed women on every page.每一页上都有性感撩人、衣着暴露的女性照片

英语单词	scanty
英美音标	['skænti]
中文释义	adj.缺乏的,不足的,稀疏的,俭省的,不充足的
vocab简明	We refer to an amount or thing that is not quite enough as scanty, or lacking. It's an adjective used to describe something that doesn't offer enough, as in "farmers having a scanty crop in a drought year."
vocab扩展	The adjective scanty comes from the Old Norse scamt, which means "short or brief," and so suggests a small amount. The word usually suggests a meager amount, and can refer to anything that is barely sufficient. Someone trying to stretch a meal might offer scanty servings. On a humorous note, a Roaring Twenties flapper referred to her underwear as scanties.
真题原句	Examples of benefits or costs of the current concentration wave are scanty.
柯林斯星级	☆☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]偏小的；偏少的；不足的；欠缺的 You describe something as scanty when there is less of it than you think there should be. So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects. 迄今为止，我们掌握的能够指证两个嫌疑犯的证据少得可怜。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](衣服)暴露的 If someone is wearing scanty clothing, he or she is wearing clothes which are sexually revealing. ...a model in scanty clothing. 衣着暴露的模特 scantily ...a troupe of scantily-clad dancers. 衣不蔽体的舞蹈团成员 ...pictures of scantily dressed women on every page. 每一页上都有性感撩人、衣着暴露的女性照片
来源	2001.4

Scanty Refer Adjective Describe Offer Suggests Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词