scant
美音:[skænt
]
英音:[skænt
]
adj.缺乏的,不足的,将近的,欠缺的 v.限制,节省,减少
难易程度:
scant为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:scantness 副词:scantly 形容词比较级:scanter 最高级:scantest 动词过去式:scanted 过去分词:scanted 现在分词:scanting 第三人称单数:scants
近义词, 同义词
small little diminutive small in size minute fine inconsiderable paltry unimportant faint weak slender light slight scanty scant limited meager insufficient sparing few so-so middling tolerable no great shakes* below par at a low ebb halfway moderate modest subtle evanescent infinitesimal very small atomic microscopic molecular subatomic mere simple sheer barefew scant scanty thin rare scattered thinly scattered spotty few and far between exiguous infrequent hardly any scarcely any reduced
scant
/skænt; skænt/
adj [attrib 作定语] (fml 文) hardly enough; not very much (used esp with the ns shown) 不足的, 缺少的（尤与下列示例中的名词连用）
*pay scant attention to sb's advice 不甚重视某人的劝告
* with scant regard for my feelings 不大理会我的感情.
adj [attrib 作定语] (fml 文) hardly enough; not very much (used esp with the ns shown) 不足的, 缺少的（尤与下列示例中的名词连用）
*pay scant attention to sb's advice 不甚重视某人的劝告
* with scant regard for my feelings 不大理会我的感情.
scant
adj [only before noun]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old Norse;Origin: skamt]
not enough
The story has received scant attention in the press.
They produce goods with scant regard for quality.
a scant cup/teaspoon etc
a little less than a full amount of a particular measurement
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old Norse;Origin: skamt]
not enough
The story has received scant attention in the press.
They produce goods with scant regard for quality.
a scant cup/teaspoon etc
a little less than a full amount of a particular measurement
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