exiguity

n. 稀少, 微小

发音

UK /ɛɡzɪˈɡjuːɪti/
其它
UK /ɪɡ-/
US /ɛɡziˈɡjuiti/

词形变化

exiguities 复数 exiguities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality of being meagre or scanty.

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

leanness meagerness meagreness poorness scantiness scantness

上位词 3

deficiency inadequacy insufficiency

下位词 6

thinness abstemiousness spareness sparseness sparsity wateriness

词源

From Middle French exiguite, from Late Latin exiguitas. See exiguous.

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