英语释义

1. excessively frugal

2. not prodigal chary

3. barely or scarcely sufficient especially not quite coming up to a stated measure
a scant teaspoon

4. lacking in amplitude or quantity
scant growth

5. having a small or insufficient supply
he's fat, and scant of breath
— William Shakespeare

6. scarcely, hardly

7. to provide an incomplete supply of

8. to make small, narrow, or meager

9. to give scant attention to slight

10. to provide with a meager or inadequate portion or supply stint

11. very small in size or amount

12. barely enough
Ramona paid scant attention to this little speech …
— Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby

13. not quite to a full amount, degree, or extent
He poured a scant cup of milk.

片语

butad 仅仅，只

merelyad 仅仅，只不过；只是

just(Just)人名；(英)贾斯特；(法)朱斯特；(德、匈、波、捷、挪)尤斯特；(西)胡斯特

only唯一的，仅有的；最合适的

simplyad 简单地；仅仅；简直；朴素地；坦白地

英汉例句

• The existing circumstances approaches to solve the debate of international commercial arbitration are scantly focusing on lawsuit and arbitration throughout the contemporary world.

  当今世界，解决国际民商事争议的途径不外乎诉讼与仲裁两种方法。

• What you are saying to me is absolutely compelling and for our listeners, fortunately they don't have the distraction of a scantly clad girl in the background dancing.

  你所说的对我和我们的听众绝对是有吸引力的，幸运的是他们没有被一个在舞台背景跳舞的女孩分心。

相似词

exiguous稀少的；细小的

light光；光线；灯；打火机；领悟；浅色；天窗

niggardlyad 吝啬地，小气地；很少量地

poor(Poor) （美）普尔（人名）

scanty缺乏的；吝啬的；仅有的；稀疏的

scarcead 仅仅；几乎不；几乎没有

skimp少的；不足的

skimpy不足的；吝啬的

slender细长的；苗条的；微薄的

slim苗条的；修长的；微小的；差的

spare额外的，备用的；多余的；瘦高的，瘦长的；简朴的；未装饰的；空閑的；少量的；节约的

sparing适度的；节俭的；缺乏的

sparse稀疏的；稀少的

stingy吝啬的，小气的；有刺的；缺乏的

相反词

abundant丰富的；充裕的；盛产

ample(Ample)人名；(西)安普尔

bountiful丰富的；慷慨的；宽大的

copious丰富的；很多的；多产的

generous慷慨的，大方的；宽宏大量的；有雅量的

liberal(Liberal)人名；(葡)利贝拉尔

plenteous丰富的；丰饶的

plentiful丰富的；许多的；丰饶的；众多的