sparse

英 [spɑːs]

美 [spɑːrs]

adj.  稀少的; 稀疏的; 零落的

比较级：sparser　最高级：sparsest　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9557 / COCA.10437

牛津词典

adj.

• 稀少的；稀疏的；零落的
  only present in small amounts or numbers and often spread over a large area
  1. the sparse population of the islands
     那些岛上零星的人口
  2. Vegetation becomes sparse higher up the mountains.
     山上越高的地方植物越稀少。
  3. The information available on the subject is sparse.
     这个题目资料匮乏。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 稀少的;稀疏的
  Something that issparseis small in number or amount and spread out over an area.
  1. Many slopes are rock fields with sparse vegetation...
     许多山坡都是石头地，植被稀疏。
  2. He was a tubby little man in his fifties, with sparse hair...
     他50来岁，头发稀疏，身材矮胖。
  3. Traffic was sparse on the highway.
     公路上车流稀少。

英英释义

adj

• not dense
  1. a thin beard
  2. trees were sparse
  Synonym:thin

双语例句

• Compressed, encrypted and sparse are managed by NTFS in16-cluster blocks.
  压缩的、加密的，和稀疏（的文件）被NTFS管制于16-簇块中。
• The sparse vegetation will only feed a small population of animals.
  稀疏的植物只够喂养少量的动物。
• The woods are sparse.
  林木稀疏。
• Storage and processing of document images based on sparse matrices are discussed.
  讨论基于稀疏矩阵的文档图像存储及处理方法。
• We also introduced some new server-side logic to help with the sparse cluster topology.
  我们还介绍一些新的服务器端逻辑，来帮助理解稀疏集群拓扑。
• Traffic was sparse on the highway.
  公路上车流稀少。
• EEG Spike Detection Using Sparse Representation They were taking part in research on the bone-thinning disease, osteoporosis.
  基于稀疏表示的脑电棘波检测算法研究她们参加了关于骨质疏松症的调查研究。
• An approach for ISAR sparse band imaging of space targets by fusion sparse subband data is proposed.
  对稀疏频带超宽带ISAR成像进行了研究，提出了与实际情况更相符的空间目标稀疏频段成像步骤。
• Numerical topics include dense and sparse linear algebra, N-body problems, and Fourier transforms.
  课程的数学主题包括稠密／疏线性代数、体问题和傅立叶变换。
• The sparse line of spectators noticed nothing unusual.
  那一排稀稀落落的观众没留意到任何不寻常之处。