sparse
adjective
uk/spɑːs/us/spɑːrs/smallinnumbersoramount, oftenspreadover alargearea:
稀少的;稀疏的,零落的a sparsepopulation/audience稀少的人口/观众
sparsevegetation/woodland稀疏的植被/林地
a sparsebeard稀稀拉拉的胡子
Information coming out of thedisasterareais sparse.来自灾区的信息很少。
Synonym
thin(FEW)
Scarce, inadequate and not enough
- be at a premiumidiom
- be thin on the groundidiom
- dearth
- deficiency
- deficient
- gold dust
- lacking
- long onsomethingand short onsomethingidiom
- lousy
- meagre
- measly
- nearly
- scarcity
- scrubby
- shortage
- shortfall
- shortness
- shy
- skinny
- thin