| 单词 | scanty |
| 释义 | scanty 1. a. < the peasant whose nervous system is best adapted to thrive on scanty nutriment — Brooks Adams > < used to acquire much of his scanty wardrobe by barter — Dwight Macdonald > b. < his own scanty cavalry … would … be unequal to the weight which would be thrown on them — J.A.Froude > < issuing bills of credit to supplement the scanty currency — V.L.Parrington > c. < a desert range with scanty vegetation — G.R.Stewart > < the grass does not renew itself after the rains become scanty — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington > 2. Synonyms: see meager |
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