scarce
scarce
adjective
make oneself scarce
scarceness
noun
scarcity
noun
语源
adjective
- (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand
（尤指食物、金钱或其他资源）缺乏的，不足的；供不应求的
as raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed.
由于原材料变得稀缺，合成材料被开发出来了。
■occurring in small numbers or quantities; rare
稀有的，少见的
the freshwater shrimp becomes scarce in soft water.
软水中淡水虾变得少见了。
- (archaic)scarcely
(古)才，刚刚
a babe scarce two years old.
才两岁的小孩。
make oneself scarce
- (informal)leave a place, especially so as to avoid a difficult situation
(非正式)逃避，溜走
scarceness
noun
scarcity
noun
语源
- Middle English (in the sense 'restricted in quantity or size', also 'parsimonious'): from a shortening of Anglo-Norman escars, from a Romance word meaning 'plucked out, selected'
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