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
英英释义网络释义
noun
1.not enough; hard to find;
meat was scarce during the war
2.deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand;
fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought
3.by a small margin;
they could barely hear the speaker
-scarce
1 . 缺乏的
scarcity SCARCITY ['ske2siti]SCARCITY n. 不足,缺乏(英) n. 不足,缺乏(a state of being scarce)(考) 反义词:plethora(过多)(记) scarce(缺乏的)+ityscarf SCARF [skf]