sparse

• adj.

ラテン語のsparse, 散らばる, まき散らす, から, spargere, まき散らす, から, PIE*sperg, まき散らす, から, PIE*sper, まき散らす, から, 語源的にはsprinkle, spread, intersperseと同じ. 語源的な意味 sparse, まばらな, など.

sparse

sparse: see spread

sparse (adj.)

1727, from Latin sparsus "scattered," past participle of spargere "to scatter, spread," from PIE root *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (cognates: Sanskrit parjanya- "rain, rain god," Avestan fra-sparega "branch, twig," literally "that which is jerked off a tree," Old Norse freknur "freckles," Swedish dialectal sprygg "brisk, active," Lithuanian sprogti "shoot, bud," Old Irish arg "a drop"). The word is found earlier in English as a verb, "to scatter abroad" (16c.). Related: Sparsely; sparseness.

1. He was a tubby little man in his fifties，with sparse hair.

彼は50代で、髪の毛が薄く、体がずんぐりしている。

2.Many slopes are rock fields with sparse vegetation.

多くの山の斜面は石地で、植生はまばらである。

3.The sparse line of spectators noticed nothing unusual.

そのまばらな観客の列は、何の異常も気づかなかった。

4.Traffic was sparse on the highway.

道路は車の流れが少ない。

5.the sparse population of the islands

島に点在する人口