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.)

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.

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

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

【近义词】

meager贫乏的
lean倾斜
slight轻微的
limited有限的
negligible可以忽略的
little小的
scarce缺乏的
inadequate不适当的
insufficient不足的
meagre瘦的
measly（俚）微不足道的...
skimp舍不得给
short短的
light光
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