scanty的意思|scanty的解释-里氏词典

scanty ['skænti]

a. 缺乏的, 仅有的, 不够的, 狭小的, 吝啬的

scanty
scantier, scantiest

[ noun ]

short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

<noun.artifact>

[ adj ]

lacking in amplitude or quantity

<adj.all>

a bare livelihood

a scanty harvest

a spare diet

Scanty \Scant"y\, a. [Compar. {Scantier}; superl. {Scantiest}.]
[From {Scant}, a.]
1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.

His dominions were very narrow and scanty. --Locke.

Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. --Pope.

2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a
scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.

3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too
scanty of words. --I. Watts.

Syn: Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce;
chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly;
grudging.

If prototypes are any guide, New Paper's graphics will be bright, its stories short and simple, and its political coverage as scanty as the clothing on many of the women depicted in its pages.
The dollar weakened marginally Monday in scanty trading, reflecting currency-dealer reluctance to do much business ahead of some potentially significant meetings and economic reports.
So, too, have the operations of the scanty checks and balances operated by the fund management watchdog, IMRO, and the Maxwell pensions funds' professional advisers.
But Lei Feng died at the height of Mao's collectivist era and the scanty evidence of those views appears stretched.
But they contend that Brunei's scanty banking regulations didn't expressly forbid such practices and argue that prior to the government's intervention, the bank had always met its financial obligations.

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