paucity
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈpɔː.sə.ti]
- 美式音标 [ˈpɑː.sə.t̬i]
- 国际音标 ['pɔ:siti]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.少量,缺乏,不足
词根记忆
- pauc(少的) + ity→极小量,少量
- pauc(少的) + ity→少量;缺乏
英汉例句
- a paucity of information
信息的短缺 - The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought.
水果缺乏是由于干旱造成的. - The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
因细胞稀少,结果常令人不满意. - a paucity of information
信息的短缺 - Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
这部电影的结局可圈可点,即使这样也无法掩盖前一个小时想象力贫乏的缺憾。
词组短语
- paucity y 小量;缺乏;少数
- paucity gold 微量金
- paucity slew 少量
- paucity hydrocarbon 微量烃
- nonsyndromatic bile duct paucity 并征候群型
短语
英英字典
- the fact that there is too little of something
- If you say that there is a paucity of something, you mean that there is not enough of it.
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专业释义
- 数目小;数量少