English » Chinese

Translations for „scanty“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary (Go to Chinese » English)

scanty ADJ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Exposed to trade winds and sea spray, it has scanty and xerophytic vegetation, and it has been the site of almost no construction.
en.wikipedia.org
It has not been excavated and the visible ruins are scanty.
en.wikipedia.org
The pulp is scanty, dirty white to pale brownish-pink.
en.wikipedia.org
The geography of the district is characterized by uneven ravines, plain fertile fields and scanty forests.
en.wikipedia.org
These characters are usually physically attractive and provocatively dressed, often in scanty armor, and require redemption and validation by a male hero.
en.wikipedia.org
The gills have scanty bladder-shaped pleurocystidia, and abundant fusiform cheilocystidia.
en.wikipedia.org
The ample vestment with beautiful falling folds has thus in many churches given place to a scanty, unpleated garment scarce reaching to the knee.
en.wikipedia.org
Their scanty vegetation is almost wholly herbal; shrubs are only occasional; trees almost non-existent.
en.wikipedia.org
The average precipitation is a scanty 550 mm.
en.wikipedia.org
Rainfall is scanty and erratic and water-resources are scare.
en.wikipedia.org

Would you like to add some words, phrases or translations?

Just let us know. We look forward to hearing from you.

Browse the dictionary

English

Look up "scanty" in other languages


Choose your language Deutsch | English | Español | Italiano | Polski | Português | 中文
Browse the dictionaries
Most popular