Sparse
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj.稀少的, 贫乏的
- ［英］ adj.稀少的, 贫乏的 ( not thickly grown or settled)
- ［类］ 反义词: rife ( 普遍的) ; copious ( 丰富的)
- ［例］ The population is sparse in that country.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective (sparser; sparsest)
- Etymology: Latin sparsus spread out, from past participle of spargere to scatter — more at spark
- Date: 1753
- of few and scattered elements; especially not thickly grown or settled
- Synonyms: see meager
- ? sparsely adverb
- ? sparseness noun
- ? sparsity noun
