sparse
英[spɑːs]
美[spɑrs]
- adj. 稀疏的；稀少的
词态变化
比较级: sparser;最高级: sparsest;副词: sparsely;名词: sparseness;
助记提示
1、spars- + -e.
中文词源
sparse 稀少的，稀疏的
来自拉丁语 sparse,散开的，播洒的，来自 spargere,散开，播种，来自 PIE*sperg,播，洒，溅， 来自 PIE*sper,播，洒，词源同 sprinkle,spread,intersperse.引申词义稀少的，稀疏的等。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. He was a tubby little man in his fifties, with sparse hair.
- 他50来岁，头发稀疏，身材矮胖。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Many slopes are rock fields with sparse vegetation.
- 许多山坡都是石头地，植被稀疏。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The sparse line of spectators noticed nothing unusual.
- 那一排稀稀落落的观众没留意到任何不寻常之处。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Traffic was sparse on the highway.
- 公路上车流稀少。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. the sparse population of the islands
- 那些岛上零星的人口
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