scarce
معنی فارسی
کم کمياب نادر جيم شدن
معنی کامل و مثال‌ها
/skers/adj., adv.
● کمیاب، نادر، تنگیاب، دیریاب، نایاب، کم
fruits are cheap when they are plentiful and expensive when they are scarce
میوه‌ها در هنگام فراوانی ارزان و در زمان کمیابی گران هستند.
Peyman collects scarce stamps
پیمان تمبرهای کمیاب را گردآوری می‌کند.
onions have once again been scarce for sometime
مدتی است که دوباره پیاز نایاب شده است.
his paintings have now become quite scarce
نقاشی‌های او اکنون بسیار کمیاب شده‌اند.
● رجوع شود به: scarcely
* make oneself scarce
(عامیانه) کم پیدا شدن، رفتن، جیم شدن، فلنگ را بستن
تعریف انگلیسی
- deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand “fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought” “Attrubites: quantityII”
- only a very short time before “they could barely hear the speaker” “we hardly knew them” “just missed being hit” “had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open” “would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats”
مترادف‌ها
I. adjective
1. Deficient, wanting, not plentiful, not abundant.
2. Rare, uncommon, infrequent.
II. adverb
(also scarcely)
Hardly, barely, but just, with difficulty, scantly.