scant
scant 英 [skænt] 美 [skænt]
adj. 微小的；不足的；欠缺的 vt. 节省，减少
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- Scant is an adjective that means "a tiny amount," like your scant attendance at practice this week that results in being benched from the big game.
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- adj. 微小的；不足的；欠缺的
- vt. 节省，减少
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1. I paid scant attention towhat she was saying.
我没大注意她在说什么。
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2. You have a scant hour in which to pack.
你有一小时来整理行李。
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3. Don't scant the butter when you make a cake.
做糕饼时不要吝惜奶油。
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4. We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.
长时间的运动后，我们感觉呼吸困难。
- scant (adj.) mid-14c., from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr "short, brief," from Proto-Germanic *skamma- (source also of Old English scamm "short," Old High German skemmen "to shorten"), perhaps ultimately "hornless," from PIE *kem- (1) "hornless" (see hind (n.)). Also in Middle English as a noun, "scant supply, scarcity," from Old Norse. As a verb and adverb from mid-15c.
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