• adj. 缺乏的；吝嗇的；僅有的；稀疏的

來自 scant,微小的，不足的，-y,形容詞后綴。

scanty (adj.)

1650s, "meager, barely sufficient for use;" 1701, "too small, limited in scope," from scant + -y (2). Related: Scantiness (1560s). Scanties (n.) "underwear" (especially for women) attested from 1928.

1. So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects.

迄今為止，我們掌握的能夠指證兩個(gè)嫌疑犯的證據(jù)少得可憐。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Details of his life are scanty.

關(guān)于他的生平，詳細(xì)資料不多。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. There is scanty evidence to support their accusations.

他們的指控證據(jù)不足.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The potato crop was rather scanty this year.

今年土豆歉收.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. Much of the scanty information available comes from Chinese records.

可獲得的極少數(shù)資料大多來自中國的記載.

來自英漢非文學(xué) - 文明史