dwarf 英 [dwɔ:f] 　 美 [dwɔrf]

dwarf

dwarf　 英 [dwɔ:f] 美 [dwɔrf]

v. 变矮小　 n. 侏儒，矮子　 adj. 矮小的　

进行时:dwarfing　 过去式:dwarfed　 过去分词:dwarfed　 第三人称单数:dwarfs　 名词复数:dwarfs　

a dwarf　一个侏儒。
The old houses were dwarfed by the huge buildings。　这些旧房子在高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。

  • An unusually short, small person is sometimes called a dwarf. There are many different genetic medical conditions that can cause a person to be classified as a little person or a dwarf.
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  • v. 变矮小
  • n. 侏儒，矮子
  • adj. 矮小的

  • 1. a dwarf

    一个侏儒。

  • 2. The old houses were dwarfed by the huge buildings。

    这些旧房子在高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。

  • dwarf (n.) Old English dweorh, dweorg (West Saxon), duerg (Mercian), "very short human being," from Proto-Germanic *dweraz (source also of Old Frisian dwerch, Old Saxon dwerg, Old High German twerg, German Zwerg, Old Norse dvergr), perhaps from PIE *dhwergwhos "something tiny," but with no established cognates outside Germanic. The mythological sense is 1770, from German (it seems never to have developed independently in English).
  • dwarf (v.) "to render dwarfish," 1620s, from dwarf (n.); sense of "to cause to look small" is from 1850. Related: Dwarfed; dwarfing.
dwarf / dwɔːf ; NAmE dwɔːrf / noun , adjective , verb dwarf dwarfs dwarves noun ( plural dwarfs or dwarves / dwɔːvz ; NAmE dwɔːrvz / ) 1 (in stories) a creature like a small man, who has magic powers and who is usually described as living and working under the ground, especially working with metal （神话中会魔法的）小矮人 2 ( sometimes offensive) an extremely small person, who will never grow to a normal size because of a physical problem; a person suffering from dwarfism 矮子；侏儒 HELP  There is no other word that is generally considered more acceptable. 普遍认为没有比这更易于接受的用词。 adjective [only before noun ] (of a plant or an animal 植物或动物 ) much smaller than the normal size 矮小的 ◆ dwarf conifers 矮小的针叶树 verb dwarfsth to make sth seem small or unimportant compared with sth else 使显得矮小；使相形见绌 ◆ The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower blocks. 这些旧房子在新建的高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。 dwarf / dwɔːf ; NAmE dwɔːrf / dwarves / dwɔːvz ; NAmE dwɔːrvz /
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