scant
adjective/skænt/
/skænt/
[only before noun]- hardly any; not very much and not as much as there should be
一丁点的；微小的；不足的；欠缺的 - I paid scant attention to what she was saying.
我没大注意她在说什么。 - The firefighters went back into the house with scant regard for their own safety.
消防员奋不顾身地返回那座房子。 - There is scant evidence for this view.
这种观点的证据很少。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryScant is used with these nouns:- attention
- evidence
- mention
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr ‘short’. - I paid scant attention to what she was saying.