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1. Oxford Dictionary

   scarce

   • IPA[skɛːs]

   英式

   • adj.
     (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand；occurring in small numbers or quantities; rare
   • adv.
     scarcely
2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand as raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed 同義詞 in short supply, short, scant, scanty, meagre, ... 更多sparse, hard to find, hard to come by, not enough, too little, insufficient, deficient, inadequate, lacking, wanting, at a premium, like gold dust, not to be had, scarcer than hen's teeth, paltry, negligible, thin, informalnot to be had for love nor money, rareexiguous反義詞 plentiful, abundant
   • ▪ occurring in small numbers or quantities; rare the freshwater shrimp becomes scarce in soft water 同義詞 rare, few and far between, thin on the ground, seldom seen/found, uncommon, ... 更多unusual, infrequent, out of the common反義詞 common

   adv.

   副詞

   • 1. archaic scarcely a babe scarce two years old

   片語

   • make oneself scarce