Scanty(英語單詞)

Scanty是英語中的形容詞和名詞，作形容詞時表示數量不足或衣物暴露緊身，作名詞時特指女式小短褲（複數形式scanties）。其英式和美式發音均為[ˈskænti]，比較級與最高級可採用scantier/more scanty、scantiest/most scanty兩種形式。

該詞常用於描述抽象或具體事物的匱乏，如“scanty knowledge”（知識不足）、“a scanty crop”（收成欠佳）等；醫學領域則用於表述“scanty and hard stools”（便少而硬）、“scanty dark urine”（小便短赤）等症狀。作為名詞時多指代特定類型的女性內衣。

基本介紹

• 外文名：Scanty
• 詞性：形容詞、名詞
• 發音： [ˈskænti]

單詞釋義

英 [ˈskænti] 美 [ˈskænti]

adj. 少量的，不足的；（衣服）暴露的，緊（身）的

n. <非正式>女式小短褲（或襯褲）（scanties）

[ 複數 scanties 比較級 scantier或more scanty 最高級 scanties或most scanty ]

短語搭配

scanty knowledge 一知半解

a scanty crop 欠收

be scanty of sth 奇缺

scanty and hard stools 便少而硬

scanty parenchyma [組織] 稀疏薄壁組織 ; 稀有植物

scanty survey 不充分調查

scanty dark urine 小便短赤

Scanty y 缺乏的 ; 不足的

雙語例句

• The boy followed the old man, who commanded him to open the bag in which he carried his scanty dinner. 男孩跟著老人，老人命令他打開袋子，袋子裡裝著他僅有的晚餐。
• Details of his life are scanty. 關於他的生平，詳細資訊不多。
• So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects. 目前，我們指向兩名嫌犯的證據太少。
• Adults' memories of the next few years also tend to be scanty. 成年人對於其後幾年的記憶也往往比較貧乏。
• On the other hand, the Sun was a scanty sheet providing little more than minor diversions; few today would call it a newspaper at all. 另一方面，《太陽報》一片貧瘠，除了小小的消遣之外，沒有什麼可提供的；如今幾乎沒有人會管它叫報紙。
• The news today is scanty, but good. 今天的訊息不多，不過都是好訊息。
• The beggar shivered in his scanty clothes. 乞丐穿著單薄，凍得發抖。
• The rainfall was rather scanty this month. 這個月的雨量不足。
• I have only a scanty knowledge of world affairs. 我對於國際事務只是一知半解。
• Growth in 2004 was sluggish, yet above the scanty 0.3% of 2003. 2004年的經濟成長緩慢，但仍超過2003年0.3%。
• In the end they came to the conclusion that evidence is scanty. 最後他們得出結論，認為證據不足。
• The farmer 's financial difficulties were caused By a scanty harvest. 這個農民的經濟困難是因為收成不足造成的。
• Much of the scanty information available comes from Chinese records. 可獲得的極少數資料大多來自中國的記載。
• These gains, however, were scanty compared with the Republicans' victories. 然而，這些收穫與共和黨的勝利是不可比擬的。
• Evidence for what exactly happened and why is scanty and needs careful weighing. 我們缺乏關於究竟發生了什麼和為何發生的證據，僅有的一些也需要仔細掂量。
• These appear when sunlight strikes tiny particles too scanty to appear as clouds. 當陽光照射到稀疏得如同雲彩一般的微小顆粒上，雲隙光便隨之出現。
• The sheep always say they are careful, the cheapskate always say they are scanty. 膽小鬼往往自稱心細，吝嗇鬼往往自稱節省。
• Thee ant is the most industrious animal, but it most be scanty of words. — Franklin. 沒有任何動物比螞蟻更勤奮，然而它卻最沉默寡言。——富蘭克林。
• As a matter of fact, some of the highest-stress jobs pay surprisingly scanty salaries. 其實，這些高壓力的工作，工資卻是令人驚奇地低。
• Rivers coursing down from the mountains provide water for agriculture in a region of scanty rainfall. 從這座山上流下來的河流為這降水量極少的地區提供了農業用的水源。
• Scanty and insufficient suppers those, and innocent of meat, as ofmost other sauce to wretched bread. 晚飯不多，量不足，沒有肉，也沒有別的佐料，只有劣質的麵包。
• Assumptions shall not be made on the basis of scanty information, especially scanty radar information. 不應當根據不充分的資料，特別是不充分的雷達觀測資料作出推斷。
• Scanty outline, lively curve, the person gives a kind of sense that find everything new and fresh in in a flash. 微薄的輪廓，明快曲線，在轉瞬間給人一種耳目一新的感覺。
• On the knotty but crucial question of how to reduce deforestation and the emissions it causes, progress was scanty. 對於如何減緩森林的砍伐以及降低排放這個棘手而又關鍵的問題而言，進展異常緩慢。
• I set out one afternoon to go a-fishing to Fair Haven, through the woods, to eke out my scanty fare of vegetables. 有一個下午我穿過森林到美港去鈞魚，以彌補我的蔬菜的不足。
• The harsh winters, sloppy construction and scanty maintenance mean bad roads; salt and grit take their toll on bodywork. 冬天寒風刺骨，路面濕滑，缺乏維護，路況極差。路面上的粗鹽和沙礫在車身上留下了劃痕。
• Although research is scanty a recent Health Ministry survey suggests that the need for more specialists is growing fast. 儘管對精神衛生的研究不多，但最近衛生部的一項調查還是表明，人們對專業人士的需求在飛速增長。