English Dictionary

scant

IPA（発音記号）

/skænt/

名詞

稀用

A small piece or quantity. / (uncommon) Scarcity; lack. / (masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. / (masonry) A sheet of stone.

日本語の意味

僅かな量、小片 / 希少性、欠乏 / （石工用語）両側が基礎面まで切り落とされた石のブロック / （石工用語）石の板

She saved the scant as a keepsake, a tiny remnant of happier times.

彼女はそれを記念に小さなかけらとして取っておいた、幸せだった時代のほんの小さな名残として。

意味（1）

A small piece or quantity.

A blonde appeared from the officers' room, wearing a scant of material that passed for issued undergarments.

意味（2）

(uncommon) Scarcity; lack.

As soon as the corpse was placed on the pile, and some prayers muttered by the attendant Bramin, fire was set to it at one of the corners, and the wood being dry, and in great quantity, it soon blazed up and consumed the body to ashes, without any noisome smell, such as however does not unfrequently happen if there is a scant of wood, or rain intervenes to damp it.

意味（3）

(masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.

意味（4）

(masonry) A sheet of stone.

意味（5）

(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

scants （ plural ）