sparse
sparse 英 [spɑ:s] 美 [spɑrs]
adj. 稀疏的；稀少的
比较级:sparser 最高级:sparsest
- Something that’s sparse is thin, not dense. If you’re looking for the perfect place to build a tree house, a sparse forest is probably not your best bet.
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- adj. 稀疏的；稀少的
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1. The trees are sparse.
树木稀疏。
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2. the sparse population of the islands
那些岛上零星的人口
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3. The information available on the subject is sparse.
这个题目资料匮乏。
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4. a sparsely populatedarea
人口稀少的地区
- sparse (adj.) 1727, from Latin sparsus "scattered," past participle of spargere "to scatter, spread," from PIE root *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (source also of 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 "to shoot, to bud," Old Irish arg "a drop"). The word is found earlier in English as a verb, "to scatter abroad" (16c.). Related: Sparsely; sparseness.
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