scant 音標拼音: [sk'ænt]
a . 不充分的,不足的
vt . 減少,吝嗇,限制,藐視,忽略
不充分的,不足的減少,吝嗇,限制,藐視,忽略
scant adj 1 :
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so ; "
a light pound "; "
a scant cup of sugar ";
"
regularly gives short weight " [
synonym : {
light }, {
scant (
p )},
{
short }]
v 1 :
work hastily or carelessly ;
deal with inadequately and superficially [
synonym : {
skimp }, {
scant }]
2 :
limit in quality or quantity [
synonym : {
scant }, {
skimp }]
3 :
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities ; "
sting with the allowance " [
synonym : {
stint }, {
skimp }, {
scant }]
Scant \
Scant \,
v .
i .
To fail ,
or become less ;
to scantle ;
as ,
the wind scants .
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Scant \
Scant \,
adv .
In a scant manner ;
with difficulty ;
scarcely ;
hardly . [
Obs .]
--
Bacon .
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So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs .
--
Fuller .
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Scant \
Scant \,
a . [
Compar . {
Scanter };
superl . {
Scantest }.]
[
Icel .
skamt ,
neuter of skamr ,
skammr ,
short ;
cf .
skamta to dole out ,
to portion .]
1 .
Not full ,
large ,
or plentiful ;
scarcely sufficient ;
less than is wanted for the purpose ;
scanty ;
meager ;
not enough ;
as ,
a scant allowance of provisions or water ;
a scant pattern of cloth for a garment .
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His sermon was scant ,
in all ,
a quarter of an hour .
--
Ridley .
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2 .
Sparing ;
parsimonious ;
chary .
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Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence . --
Shak .
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Syn :
See under {
Scanty }.
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Scant \
Scant \,
n .
Scantness ;
scarcity . [
R .] --
T .
Carew .
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Scant \
Scant \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Scanted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Scanting }.]
1 .
To limit ;
to straiten ;
to treat illiberally ;
to stint ;
as ,
to scant one in provisions ;
to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries .
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Where a man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted . --
Bacon .
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I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions . --
Dryden .
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2 .
To cut short ;
to make small ,
narrow ,
or scanty ;
to curtail . "
Scant not my cups ." --
Shak .
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163 Moby Thesaurus words for "
scant ":
Lenten ,
Spartan ,
abstemious ,
angustifoliate ,
angustirostrate ,
angustisellate ,
angustiseptal ,
arrested ,
ascetic ,
austere ,
bankrupt in ,
bare of ,
begrudge ,
bereft of ,
bound ,
callow ,
cheeseparing ,
chinchy ,
chintzy ,
circumscribed ,
close ,
close -
fitting ,
condition ,
confine ,
confined ,
constricted ,
contain ,
copyright ,
cramp ,
cramped ,
crowded ,
defective ,
deficient ,
denuded of ,
deprived of ,
destitute of ,
devoid of ,
discipline ,
draw the line ,
dwarfed ,
dwarfish ,
embryonic ,
empty of ,
exiguous ,
failing ,
famish ,
for want of ,
forlorn of ,
frugal ,
grudge ,
hedge about ,
hypoplastic ,
immature ,
impoverished ,
in arrear ,
in arrears ,
in default ,
in default of ,
in short supply ,
in want of ,
inadequate ,
incapacious ,
incommodious ,
incomplete ,
infant ,
infrequent ,
insufficiency ,
insufficient ,
isthmian ,
isthmic ,
jejune ,
lacking ,
lean ,
limit ,
limited ,
live upon nothing ,
meager ,
mean ,
miserly ,
missing ,
moderate ,
narrow ,
near ,
needing ,
niggard ,
niggardly ,
out of ,
out of pocket ,
paltry ,
parsimonious ,
part ,
partial ,
patchy ,
patent ,
paucity ,
piddling ,
pinch ,
pinch pennies ,
poor ,
poverty ,
puny ,
qualify ,
rare ,
register ,
restrain ,
restrict ,
restricted ,
save -
all ,
scamp ,
scant of ,
scanty ,
scarce ,
scarceness ,
scattered ,
scrappy ,
scrawny ,
screw ,
scrimp ,
scrimping ,
scrimpy ,
seldom met with ,
seldom seen ,
short ,
short of ,
shy ,
shy of ,
sketchy ,
skimp ,
skimping ,
skimpy ,
slender ,
slight ,
slim ,
small ,
spare ,
sparing ,
sparse ,
specialize ,
spotty ,
sprinkled ,
starvation ,
starve ,
stingy ,
stint ,
stinted ,
strait ,
straiten ,
straitened ,
stunted ,
subsistence ,
thin ,
tight ,
tightfisted ,
unblessed with ,
underdeveloped ,
undeveloped ,
unnourishing ,
unnutritious ,
unpossessed of ,
void of ,
wanting ,
watered ,
watery
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