n. scant的变形
n. The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness;
smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
词型变化:名词复数形式 : scantnesses

scant的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Your attachment to substandard lodgings and scant tuition in Dover is clearly irrational.你留恋多佛低于标准的住宿条件和不足的奖学金,这明显是非理性的。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. Many mothers pay scant attention to their own needs when their children are small.孩子们小的时候,许多母亲都忽视自己的需求。
用作表语S+be+~+ prep. -phrase
  1. The factory is scant of raw material.厂家的生产原料不足。

词汇搭配

  • scant supply of materials[经] 材料供应不足...
  • scant of 缺乏 ... 的
  • scant of breath呼吸困难

经典引文

  • Three days have I hidden, and eaten scant bread.

    出自:D. H. Lawrence
  • So-called evidence is more scant.

    出自:Listener
  • He paid us scant heed, beyond a nod.

    出自:I. Watson
  • A dare-gale skylark scanted in a dull cage.

    出自:G. M. Hopkins
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