Значение

значений: 5

  1. A small piece or quantity.

  2. (нечастое)Scarcity; lack.

  3. A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.

  4. A sheet of stone.

  5. A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

Примеры

предложений: 7

  1. Your message was scant on details.

    Ваше сообщение было скудно на детали.

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  2. The volunteer firefighters fought the blaze bravely, with scant regard for their own safety.

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  3. They are scant of money.

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  4. Make a thick cream sauce with one heaping tablespoonful each of butter and flour, and 1 scant cup of milk.

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  5. Unfortunately, scant attention is being paid by the outside world to the appalling predicament of the civilians trapped in these areas.

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Происхождение

Adjective and determiner from Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr

Adjective and determiner from Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr (“short”), from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Verb from Middle English scanten, from the adjective. Noun and adverb from Middle English scant, from the adjective.

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Формы

мн. число: scants
Ед. числоscant
Мн. числоscants

правильный

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 1
Производныеscants

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