scanty 音标拼音: [sk'ænti]
a . 缺乏的,仅有的,不够的,狭小的,节省的
缺乏的,仅有的,不够的,狭小的,节省的
scanty adj 1 :
lacking in amplitude or quantity ; "
a bare livelihood "; "
a scanty harvest "; "
a spare diet " [
synonym : {
bare (
a )},
{
scanty }, {
spare }]
n 1 :
short underpants for women or children (
usually used in the plural ) [
synonym : {
pantie }, {
panty }, {
scanty }, {
step -
in }]
Scanty \
Scant "
y \,
a . [
Compar . {
Scantier };
superl . {
Scantiest }.]
[
From {
Scant },
a .]
1 .
Lacking amplitude or extent ;
narrow ;
small ;
not abundant .
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His dominions were very narrow and scanty . --
Locke .
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Now scantier limits the proud arch confine . --
Pope .
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2 .
Somewhat less than is needed ;
insufficient ;
scant ;
as ,
a scanty supply of words ;
a scanty supply of bread .
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3 .
Sparing ;
niggardly ;
parsimonious .
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In illustrating a point of difficulty ,
be not too scanty of words . --
I .
Watts .
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Syn :
Scant ;
narrow ;
small ;
poor ;
deficient ;
meager ;
scarce ;
chary ;
sparing ;
parsimonious ;
penurious ;
niggardly ;
grudging .
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1913 Webster ]
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "
scanty ":
Lenten ,
Spartan ,
abstemious ,
angustifoliate ,
angustirostrate ,
angustisellate ,
angustiseptal ,
arrested ,
ascetic ,
at a premium ,
austere ,
barely sufficient ,
callow ,
cheeseparing ,
chinchy ,
chintzy ,
circumscribed ,
close ,
close -
fitting ,
confined ,
constricted ,
cramp ,
cramped ,
crowded ,
defective ,
deficient ,
dwarfed ,
dwarfish ,
embryonic ,
exiguous ,
failing ,
frugal ,
hypoplastic ,
immature ,
impoverished ,
in arrear ,
in arrears ,
in default ,
in short supply ,
inadequate ,
incapacious ,
incommodious ,
incomplete ,
infant ,
infrequent ,
insufficient ,
isthmian ,
isthmic ,
jejune ,
lacking ,
lean ,
limited ,
little ,
meager ,
mean ,
measly ,
minimal ,
miserly ,
missing ,
narrow ,
near ,
needing ,
niggardly ,
out of print ,
out of season ,
out of stock ,
paltry ,
parsimonious ,
part ,
partial ,
patchy ,
piddling ,
poor ,
puny ,
rare ,
restricted ,
scant ,
scarce ,
scattered ,
scrappy ,
scrawny ,
scrimp ,
scrimping ,
scrimpy ,
seldom met with ,
seldom seen ,
short ,
shy ,
sketchy ,
skimp ,
skimping ,
skimpy ,
slender ,
slight ,
slim ,
small ,
spare ,
sparing ,
sparse ,
spotty ,
sprinkled ,
starvation ,
stingy ,
stinted ,
strait ,
straitened ,
stunted ,
subsistence ,
thin ,
tight ,
uncommon ,
underdeveloped ,
undeveloped ,
unnourishing ,
unnutritious ,
wanting ,
watered ,
watery
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