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。
The rainfall was rather scanty this month.
这个月的雨量不足。
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。
Scanty information about their pupils.
关于他们学生的少得可怜的资料。
Information is again very scanty from low-and middle-income countries and no data are available at national or regional levels.
在低收入和中等收入的国家信息来源较少，许多国家或地区无数据。
From scanty news published in their mountain newspapers, some few cadres thought the Russians could not hold out.
从在山区发行的报纸所登载的点滴消息中，少数干部认为俄国人坚持不下去了。
He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available.
他必须根据现有的几条不充分的线索进行推理。
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。
A bare livelihood; a scanty harvest; a spare diet.
拮据的生活；不充足的收获；节俭的饮食。
The information available is scanty.
可得到的信息寥寥无几。