| 释义 |
thin on the ground
释义
稀缺的，很难找到的：指某物或某种情况非常少，很难找到或获得。
例句
1·That is why the smallest of the herbivores, Thomson's gazelle, lives on fruit that is very nutritious but too thin on the ground to support a larger animal.
那就解释了为什么最小型的食草动物，汤普森瞪羚，能以水果为食；虽然水果非常有营养，但是在地面上太稀少，不足以维持体型更大的动物生存。
2·Customers are thin on the ground at this time of year.
一年里这个季节顾客很少。
《牛津词典》
3·Good news seem to be thin on the ground lately.
好消息最近好像少得可怜。
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