small or insufficient in quantity or amount
少量的,不足的
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they paid whatever they could out of their scanty wages to their families. 他们尽其所能从微薄的工资里拿出钱来补贴家里。
(of clothing)revealing; skimpy
(衣服)暴露的;紧(身)的
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the women looked cold in their scanty bodices. 那些穿着紧身胸衣的女人看上去很冷。
〈非 正式〉 女式小短裤(或衬裤)。
"late 16th cent.: from