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。

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）

近义词

同根词