sparse

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(chē)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》