exiguous
adj.稀少的,细小的,些须的
难易程度:
exiguous为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:exiguousness 副词:exiguously
近义词, 同义词
exiguous
/eg'zɪgjʊəs; ɪˇ`zɪˇjuəs/
adj (fml 文) very small (in amount); scanty 稀少的; 少量的; 微小的
*an exiguous diet 量少的规定饮食
* the last of the old man's exiguous savings 那老人微薄积蓄中的剩余部分.
exiguous
adj formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: exiguus, from exigere; EXACT2]
very small in amount
exiguous earnings