scarce 音标拼音: [sk'ɛrs]
a . 缺乏的,不足的;稀有的,珍贵的
缺乏的,不足的;稀有的,珍贵的
scarce adv 1 :
only a very short time before ; "
they could barely hear the speaker "; "
we hardly knew them "; "
just missed being hit "; "
had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open "; "
would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave "-
W .
B .
Yeats [
synonym : {
barely },
{
hardly }, {
just }, {
scarcely }, {
scarce }]
adj 1 :
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand ;
"
fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought " [
ant :
{
abundant }]
Scarce \
Scarce \ (
sk [^
a ]
rs ),
a . [
Compar . {
Scarcer }
(
sk [^
a ]
r "
s [~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Scarcest }.] [
OE .
scars ,
OF .
escars ,
eschars ,
LL .
scarpsus ,
excarpsus ,
for L .
excerptus ,
p .
p .
of excerpere to pick out ,
and hence to contract ,
to shorten ;
ex (
see {
Ex -})
carpere .
See {
Carpet },
and cf .
{
Excerp }.]
1 .
Not plentiful or abundant ;
in small quantity in proportion to the demand ;
not easily to be procured ;
rare ;
uncommon .
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1913 Webster ]
You tell him silver is scarcer now in England ,
and therefore risen one fifth in value . --
Locke .
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The scarcest of all is a Pescennius Niger on a medallion well preserved . --
Addison .
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2 .
Scantily supplied (
with );
deficient (
in ); --
with of .
[
Obs .] "
A region scarce of prey ." --
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Sparing ;
frugal ;
parsimonious ;
stingy . [
Obs .] "
Too scarce ne too sparing ." --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
{
To make one '
s self scarce },
to decamp ;
to depart . [
Slang ]
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Syn :
Rare ;
infrequent ;
deficient .
See {
Rare }.
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Scarce
Scarce \
Scarce \,
Scarcely \
Scarce "
ly \,
adv .
1 .
With difficulty ;
hardly ;
scantly ;
barely ;
but just .
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1913 Webster ]
With a scarce well -
lighted flame . --
Milton .
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The eldest scarcely five year was of age . --
Chaucer .
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Slowly she sails ,
and scarcely stems the tides .
--
Dryden .
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He had scarcely finished ,
when the laborer arrived who had been sent for my ransom . --
W .
Irving .
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2 .
Frugally ;
penuriously . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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55 Moby Thesaurus words for "
scarce ":
almost unheard -
of ,
at a premium ,
barely ,
cheeseparing ,
chinchy ,
chintzy ,
curtailed ,
deficient ,
exiguous ,
failing ,
few ,
hardly ,
in short supply ,
inadequate ,
infrequent ,
insufficient ,
lacking ,
meager ,
miserly ,
niggardly ,
occasional ,
out of print ,
out of season ,
out of stock ,
piddling ,
poor ,
rare ,
scant ,
scanty ,
scarcely ,
scattered ,
scrimping ,
scrimpy ,
seldom ,
seldom met with ,
seldom seen ,
shortened ,
shy ,
skimping ,
skimpy ,
slim ,
slow ,
sparse ,
sporadic ,
spotty ,
sprinkled ,
stingy ,
thin ,
tight ,
truncated ,
uncommon ,
unfrequent ,
unique ,
unusual ,
wanting
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