★英国现在常用的是 scanty. a scant attendance 出席者[听众]稀少。 a scant supply of food 食品供应不足。 a scant halfhour 恰好[仅仅]半小时。 a scant five yards 刚够五码。 be scant of money 钱不够[缺钱]。 fat and scant of breath 胖得喘气。 with scant courtesy 不太礼貌地,有点不客气地。 vt. 〔英古、美〕 1. 限制,缩减。 2.克扣;吝惜。 3.不客气地对待。 adv. 〔美方〕好容易才,几乎不[没有]。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially 同义词:skimp,
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" 同义词:light, short,
其他语种释义
scantとは意味:scant adj. 不十分な, 足りない. 【+前置詞】 ◆The article is highly opinionated but scant in facts. この論文は自説が主張されているという点では評価ができるが事実が少ない ◆be scant of breath すぐ息切れがする.