| 单词 | dearth |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [də:θ] |
| 解释 | n.缺乏，短缺 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.缺乏,短缺(scarcit y) 【考】 反义词：glut(充斥); plethora(过剩); plenitude(充分) |
| 字源 | dearth (n.) mid-13c., derthe "scarcity" (originally used of famines, when food was costly because scarce; extended to other situations of scarcity from early 14c.), abstract noun formed from root of Old English deore "precious, costly" (see dear) + abstract noun suffix -th (2). Common Germanic formation, though not always with the same sense (cognates: Old Saxon diurtha "splendor, glory, love," Middle Dutch dierte, Dutch duurte, Old High German tiurida "glory"). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 缺乏; 短缺(尤指饥荒) = scarcity = famine 【记】d底, earth: 住在地底下, 可能不缺石油和煤, 但是坑定肯定缺食物. Dear亲爱的th死了－缺乏; 短缺老婆, 老公 【反】glut(v /n 充斥); plethora(n 过剩; 多血症); plenitude(n 充分)spate(n 大水); copious(adj 很多的; 丰富的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】dear 珍贵 + 音：死，珍贵死了，极珍贵的东西，因为少，物以稀为贵 |
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