August 15, 2008

Dearth

dearth



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–noun 
1. an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack: There is a dearth of good [engineers]. 
2. scarcity and dearness of food; famine. (饑荒)

—Synonyms 
1. shortage, want, paucity (缺乏), insufficiency.
—Antonyms 
1. abundance, plenty, sufficiency; surplus.


ITALY-CINEMA-VENICE-FESTIVAL 
Similar to Cannes this year, the Lido's upcoming edition, which unspools Aug. 27-Sept. 6, is lighter on Yank pics, largely due to a dearth caused by the writers strike.

spool
【紡】線軸,線管


pauper & penury

dissolute (licentious)
desultory (random)

sparse 
grows thinly or is thinly strewn or sown, over a wide area: 
sparse [vegetation]; a sparse [population].








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