[C]矮子 person, animal or plant that is much smaller than the normal
[C]有魔法的小矮人 creature like a very small man with magic powers
v. (动词)
vt. 显得矮小; 使相形见绌 make sb/sth seem small by contrast or distance
英英释义
Noun:
a person who is markedly small
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
a plant or animal that is atypically small
Verb:
make appear small by comparison;
"This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
check the growth of;
"the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"
双语例句
1. The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.
那侏儒的长臂与他的身高不成比例.
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2. A dwarf going upstairs getting higher step by step.
矮子上楼梯,步步登高.
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3. He is a dwarf.
他是一个矮子.
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4. 'You should have said, short as a dwarf,'returned Jacques Two.
“ 你应该说'矮得像个侏儒'的. ” 雅克二号插嘴.
来自英汉文学 - 双城记
5. The nova phenomenon generally occurs in a binary system that has as one member a very hot white dwarf.
新星这种现象一般发生在双星系统中，其中一颗子星是非常热的白矮星。
来自辞典例句
用作名词 (n.)
You are a giant of words and dwarf of action. 你是言词的巨人,行动的矮子。
There is a dwarf apple tree in our garden. 在我们的花园里有一棵矮苹果树。
The kind dwarf asked the little princess to have dinner with him. 善良的小矮人邀请小公主和他一起吃晚饭。
A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees further of the two. 侏儒站在巨人肩上要比两个人看得远。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
Each innovation destined to dwarf the extensive accomplishment of the Greeks-Euclidean geometry. 每一个创新都注定希腊人的巨大成就--欧几里德几何相形见绌。
As China's income per head catches up, its economy will soon dwarf those of its Asian neighbors. 随着中国的人均收入急起直追，它的经济不久将使其亚洲邻国相形见绌。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)
They act out their dramas in a setting whose wilderness immensity both dwarf and ennobles whatever they achieve 他们在荒原上奠定了他们的事业，而广阔无际的天地既使他们的成就显得渺小，也显得崇高。
用作名词 (n.)
He is a dwarf. 他是一个矮子。
There is a dwarf in the story. 在这个故事里,有一个(有魔法的)小矮人。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.
He dwarfs other dramatists. 他使其他剧作家相形见绌。
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His children were dwarfed by insufficient food. 他的儿女因营养不良而发育不全。
