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少数,少量,缺乏

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Paucity \Pau"ci*ty\, n. [L. paucitas, fr. paucus few, little:
   cf. F. paucit['e] See {Few}.]
   1. Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity. --Hooker.

            Revelation denies it by the stern reserve, the
            paucity, and the incompleteness, of its
            communications.                       --I. Taylor.

   2. Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity
      of blood. --Sir T. Browne.

资料来源 : WordNet®

paucity
     n : an insufficient quantity or number [syn: {dearth}]