| 释义 |
scarce/skɛəs/ adj. & adv.●adj. 1 (usu. 通常作 predic.) (esp. of food, money, etc.) insufficient for the demand; scanty (尤指食物、钱等)匮乏的；不足的；缺乏的 2 hard to find; rare 稀有的；罕见的 ●adv. archaic or literary scarcely [古义] [文学用语]几乎不 □ make oneself scarce colloq. keep out of the way; surreptitiously disappear [口]溜走；偷偷离开 □ scarceness n.[Middle English via Anglo-French & Old Norman French (e)scars, Old French eschars from Latin excerpere: see EXCERPT] |