scant，英语单词，主要用作形容词、及物动词，作形容词时译为“不足的；缺乏的；勉强够的”，作及物动词时译为“减少；节省；限制”。

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

scant /skænt/ CET6+ TEM4

1.ADJ You use scant to indicate that there is very little of something or not as much of something as there should be. 少量的; 不足的

Scant hair 稀毛

scant displacement 不足位移

scant semen 精少

scant menstruation 月经过少

scant sweat 汗少

scant water 节省水

scant scan 因为稀少

scant eyebrows 眉毛稀少

scant chance 机会很小