English Dictionary

paucity

/ˈpɑsɪti/

noun

Fewness in number; too few. / A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.

There is a paucity of resources in the rural areas.

意味（1）

Fewness in number; too few.

But when I had crossed the threshold, I was astonished at the paucity of facts to be gleaned from the inmates themselves.

意味（2）

A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.

It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.