sparse
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英 [spɑ?s]
美[spɑrs]
- adj. 稀疏的；稀少的
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詞態(tài)變化
比較級(jí):?sparser;最高級(jí):?sparsest;副詞:?sparsely;名詞:?sparseness;
助記提示
1、spars- + -e.
中文詞源
sparse 稀少的，稀疏的
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) sparse,散開(kāi)的，播灑的，來(lái)自 spargere,散開(kāi)，播種，來(lái)自 PIE*sperg,播，灑，濺， 來(lái)自 PIE*sper,播，灑，詞源同 sprinkle,spread,intersperse.引申詞義稀少的，稀疏的等。
英文詞源
- sparse
- sparse: see spread
- sparse (adj.)
- 1727, from Latin sparsus "scattered," past participle of spargere "to scatter, spread," from PIE root *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (cognates: Sanskrit parjanya- "rain, rain god," Avestan fra-sparega "branch, twig," literally "that which is jerked off a tree," Old Norse freknur "freckles," Swedish dialectal sprygg "brisk, active," Lithuanian sprogti "shoot, bud," Old Irish arg "a drop"). The word is found earlier in English as a verb, "to scatter abroad" (16c.). Related: Sparsely; sparseness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He was a tubby little man in his fifties, with sparse hair.
- 他50來(lái)歲，頭發(fā)稀疏，身材矮胖。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Many slopes are rock fields with sparse vegetation.
- 許多山坡都是石頭地，植被稀疏。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The sparse line of spectators noticed nothing unusual.
- 那一排稀稀落落的觀眾沒(méi)留意到任何不尋常之處。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Traffic was sparse on the highway.
- 公路上車流稀少。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. the sparse population of the islands
- 那些島上零星的人口
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》