scarce

scarce /skeəs/
  • tính từ
    • khan hiếm, ít có, thiếu, khó tìm
      • a scarce book: sách hiếm, sách khó tìm
    • to make oneself scarce
      • (xem) make

Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
 khan hiếm

Xem thêm: barely, hardly, just, scarcely



scarce

Từ điển Collocation

scarce adj.

VERBS be, seem | become, grow Medical supplies were growing scarce. | remain

ADV. extremely, particularly, very | increasingly Skilled workers were becoming increasingly scarce. | pretty, rather, relatively, somewhat Money was somewhat scarce after the war.


Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • not enough; hard to find

    meat was scarce during the war

  • deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

    fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought

    adv.

  • by a small margin; "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; barely, hardly, just, scarcely

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

scarcer|scarcest
syn.: rare scanty sparse

ant.: plentiful