scanty

scanty
(scantier, scantiest)
  1. small or insufficient in quantity or amount
    少量的,不足的
    they paid whatever they could out of their scanty wages to their families.
    他们尽其所能从微薄的工资里拿出钱来补贴家里。
    ■(of clothing) revealing; skimpy
    (衣服)暴露的;紧(身)的
    the women looked cold in their scanty bodices.
    那些穿着紧身胸衣的女人看上去很冷。
plural noun
  1. (scanties)(informal)women's skimpy knickers or pants
    (非正式)女式小短裤(或衬裤)
派生
scantily
adverb
scantiness
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from scant + -y
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