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

Scanty and insufficient suppers those, and innocent of meat, as of most other sauce to wretched bread.
晚饭不多，量不足，没有肉，也没有别的佐料，只有劣质的面包。
His grandfather made a scanty living by practising feng shui for people.
他的祖父靠给人看风水勉强维持生计。
When visiting churches and temples, propriety indicates that shorts and scanty clothing be avoided.
当访问教堂和庙宇时，要避免穿短裤和裸露的衣服。
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。
The news today is so far scanty, but good.
今天的消息不多，但很好。
Assumptions shall not be made on the basis of scanty information, especially scanty radar information.
不应当根据不充分的资料，特别是不充分的雷达观测资料做出推断。
Lily and the children could follow more slowly, harnessing the horse and cart to convey their scanty possessions.
莉莉和孩子们可以在后面慢慢地跟，坐马车把他们仅有的一点家产运来。
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。
I have only a scanty knowledge of world affairs.
我对于国际事务只是一知半解。