英语词汇“scant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

scant

释义

barely sufficient; inadequate

paid scant regard to conventions

falling short of or barely making up a specified amount, measurement, etc

had a scant five pounds left

(usu + of) having an inadequate supply of something

He's fat, and scant of breath — Shakespeare

scantly adv

scantness noun

[Middle English from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr short]

to restrict or withhold the supply of (something)

to deprive (somebody or something) of a sufficient or the expected amount of something

to pay little or no attention to (somebody or something)

scarcely or hardly

I can scant believe it

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