音标:['skænti] ;
a. 缺乏的, 仅有的, 不够的, 狭小的, 吝啬的
n short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
s lacking in amplitude or quantity
词型变化:名词复数形式 : scanties ; 形容词比较级 : scantier ; 形容词最高级 : scantiest
考试类型:[托福]
词性分布:
形容词100%

scanty的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. He is scanty with words.他沉默寡言。
  2. I have only a scanty knowledge of world affairs.我对于国际事务只是一知半解。
  3. The rainfall was rather scanty this month.这个月的雨量不足。
  4. The harvest is rather scanty this year.今年收成不好。

词汇搭配

  • scanty crop欠收
  • scanty menstruation经水涩少
  • scanty dark urine小便短赤

经典引文

  • Breakfast was scantysmilk and..dry bread.

    出自:R. Fraser
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Addtl
aligning microscope
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Arderone
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body search
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bus duct work
bustiers
cancelled ballot ticket
chip shell
coalign
cotton gatherer
crest angle
cronje
cubango
cut-off interval
cycloses
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dip coating process
distance correcting mechanism of range-finder
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dryhanded
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galactaric acid
good-times
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half-duplex
hyaline cell
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long summer
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