dwarf的意思

基本释义

• v 变矮小

  to be so big that other things are made to seem very small

• n 侏儒，矮子

  a person who is a dwarf has not continued to grow to the normal height because of a medical condition. Many people think that this use is offensive.

• adj 矮小的

  a dwarf plant or animal is much smaller than the usual size

例句

1. The cathedral is dwarfed by the surrounding skyscrapers.

   周围的摩天大楼使得大教堂显得很矮小。

2. He is a dwarf.

   他是一个矮子。

3. There is a dwarf in the story.

   在这个故事里,有一个(有魔法的)小矮人。 (

4. He dwarfs other dramatists.

   他使其他剧作家相形见绌。1

5. His children were dwarfed by insufficient food.

   他的儿女因营养不良而发育不全。

短语

• white dwarf [天]白矮星
• dwarf star 矮星
• brown dwarf 棕矮星；褐矮星
• red dwarf 红矮星（表面温度较低且亮度较弱的恒星）

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英英释义

dwarf的近义词 noun 1. a plant or animal that is atypically small 2. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure Synonym: gnome 3. a person who is markedly small Synonym: midgetnanus verb 1. check the growth of e.g. the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines 2. make appear small by comparison e.g. This year's debt dwarfs that of last year Synonym: shadowovershadow

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