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

I haven't got a good enough figure to wear such a scanty dress.
我的身材还不够苗条，穿不上这么窄小的衣服。
Fresh water is a natural resource, and at the same time, a scanty resource.
摘要淡水是一种自然资源，同时又是一种短缺资源。
The crew started to eke out there scanty supply of fresh water.
船员们开始节约使用储量不多的淡水。
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。
I have only a scanty knowledge of world affairs.
我对于国际事务只是一知半解。
The knowledge about higher plant mitochondrial ribosomes is scanty.
关于高等植物线粒体核蛋白体的知识也少的可怜。
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。
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。
His knowledge of mathematics is superficial and scanty.
他的数学知识浅显、贫乏。
His head was large and ugly; he had pale scanty hair and an earthy skin.
他的脑袋大而丑，头发灰白稀疏，土色的皮肤。