用作定语
▲～+n.
Many mothers pay scant attention to their own needs when their children are small.孩子们小的时候，许多母亲都忽视自己的需求。
用作表语
▲S+be+～+prep.-phrase
The factory is scant of raw material.厂家的生产原料不足。

［派生词］ scanty adj. 不足的；缺乏的‖scantily adv. 缺乏地