| 单词 | sparse |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [spɑ:s] |
| 解释 | a.稀少的，贫乏的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.稀少的，贫乏的( not thickly grown or settled) 【考】 反义词：rife(普遍的 ); copious(丰富的) 【例】 The population is sparse in that country. |
| 字源 | sparse (adj.) 1727, from Latin sparsus "scattered," past participle of spargere "to scatter, spread," from PIE root *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (cognates: Sanskrit parjanya- "rain, rain god," Avestan fra-sparega "branch, twig," literally "that which is jerked off a tree," Old Norse freknur "freckles," Swedish dialectal sprygg "brisk, active," Lithuanian sprogti "shoot, bud," Old Irish arg "a drop"). The word is found earlier in English as a verb, "to scatter abroad" (16c.). Related: Sparsely; sparseness. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 稀少的; 稀疏的(间隔很大地生长或种植) 【记】spar(v 拳击), se死: 人都被拳击打死了－稀少的 【反】rife(adj 普遍的); copious(adj 很多的; 丰富的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】近于spark 火星，点点的火星，k=c=s |
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