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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-faced
a powerful lot of
aging skin
alti
ammonium hydrogen sulfide
andesine-andesite
antiferroelectric distortion
approval authority
autonomous system
backarapper
bish
blade clearance cavitation
bloodish
blowdries
boldhead
bomb-shelters
Bournemouth (Hurn) Airport
c.p.m (critical path method)
Canicosa
carbonating
chieve
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dexter electron exchange energy transfer
dipentaerythritolmono-hydroxy acrylate
doppelzentner
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Federal Radio Commission
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gone down the pan
Groot,Huig de/van
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subsidial
taipei physical education college
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Uchami
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veil of darkness
vil'gelm
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WAIS
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