scanty

英 [ˈskænti]

美 [ˈskænti]

adj. 不足的; 欠缺的; 太少的; 小而暴露身体的

复数：scanties　最高级：scantiest　

BNC.19368 / COCA.25084

牛津词典

adj.

不足的；欠缺的；太少的
too little in amount for what is needed
1. Details of his life are scanty.
  关于他的生平，详细资料不多。
小而暴露身体的
very small and not covering much of your body
1. a scanty bikini
  遮不住多少身体的比基尼泳装

ADJ-GRADED 偏小的;偏少的;不足的;欠缺的
You describe something asscantywhen there is less of it than you think there should be.
1. So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects.
  迄今为止，我们掌握的能够指证两个嫌疑犯的证据少得可怜。
ADJ-GRADED (衣服)暴露的
If someone is wearingscantyclothing, he or she is wearing clothes which are sexually revealing.
1. ...a model in scanty clothing.
  衣着暴露的模特

noun

short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
Synonym:pantiepantystep-in

adj

lacking in amplitude or quantity
1. a bare livelihood
2. a scanty harvest
3. a spare diet
Synonym:bare(a)spare

The news today is so far scanty, but good.
今天的消息不多，但很好。
Scanty information about their pupils.
关于他们学生的少得可怜的资料。
He was cut off from all but a scanty radio communication with his armies.
他同他的部队之间除了零星无线电联络以外，一切的联系都被切断了。
The qualitative analysis of a predator-prey system with scanty effect for the constant invest of prey
一类食饵具有常投放的稀疏效应捕食系统的定性分析
To this scanty inventory of material wealth, ought to be added their land;
还应把土地计入这个贫乏的物质财富清单；
The information available is scanty.
可得到的信息寥寥无几。
Co-operatives can be organized even with scanty means of production, as has been proved by the many co-operatives organized by poor and lower-middle peasants.
生产资料少一点也可以组织合作社，很多贫农和下中农组织的合作社已经证明了。
Our supply coffee and tea is scanty.
我们的咖啡，茶供应量不足。
Even so since quantitative data were scanty and the photon so radical an idea it remained unaccepted by many.
虽然如此，由于定量的数据还不足，而光子又是这样激进的一个概念，很多人仍然不愿接受它。
His knowledge of mathematics is superficial and scanty.
他的数学知识浅显、贫乏。