scanty
adjective /ˈskænti/
/ˈskænti/
(comparative scantier, superlative scantiest)
- 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.
他的理论基于相当缺乏的证据。
- Details of his life are scanty.
- (of clothes
衣服 小而暴露身体的 - a scanty bikini
遮不住多少身体的比基尼泳装
- a scanty bikini
词源late 16th cent.: from scant + -y.