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scanty

adjective
🔊/ˈskænti/
🔊/ˈskænti/
(comparative scantier, superlative scantiest)
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  1. too little in amount for what is needed不足的；欠缺的；太少的
    • Details of his life are scanty.关于他的生平，详细资料不多。🔊🔊
    • His theory is based on rather scanty evidence.他的理论基于相当少的证据。
  2. (of clothes衣服) very small and not covering much of your body小而暴露身体的
    • a scanty bikini遮不住多少身体的比基尼泳装
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from scant + -y.