sparse
/spɑːs/adjective
1- thinly dispersed or scattered稀少的, 稀疏的：
areas of sparse population.
人口稀少的区域。
1.1
- austere; meager简朴的：
an elegantly sparse chamber.
一间布置简洁美观的房间。
派生词
sparsely
adverbsparseness
nounsparsity
noun词源
early 18th cent. （used to descrbe writing in the sense 'widely spaced'）： from Latin sparsus, past participle of spargere 'scatter'.