adjective
1scantier, scantiest
- small or insufficient in quantity or amount少量的, 不足的：
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。
1.1
- (of clothing) revealing; skimpy（衣服）暴露的; 紧（身）的：
the women looked cold in their scanty bodices.
那些穿着紧身胸衣的女人看上去很冷。
plural noun
scanties
- informal women's skimpy knickers or pants〈非正式〉女式小短裤（或衬裤）。
派生词
scantily
adverbscantiness
noun词源
late 16th cent.: from SCANT + -Y1 .