only present in small amounts or numbers and often spread over a large area 稀少的；稀疏的；零落的 the sparse population of the islands 那些岛上零星的人口 Vegetation becomes sparse higher up the mountains. 山上越高的地方植物越稀少。 The information available on the subject is sparse. 这个题目资料匮乏。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySparse is used with these nouns:- attendance
- population
- vegetation
- …
Word Originearly 18th cent. (used to describe writing in the sense ‘widely spaced’): from Latin sparsus, past participle of spargere ‘scatter’.
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sparse adj.
⇨ inadequate
sparse
Words used to describe small amounts and quantities: little, few, slight...
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