| 释义 |
dwarf AHD[dwôrf] D.J.[dwɔːf]K.K.[dwɔrf]n.（名词）【复数】 dwarfs 或 dwarves [dwôrvz] - An abnormally small person, often having limbs and features not properly proportioned or formed.侏儒：发育不正常身材矮小的人，常表现出四肢比例不协调
- An atypically small animal or plant.矮小生物：不正常矮小的动物或植物
- A small creature resembling a human being, often ugly, appearing in legends and fairy tales.丑矮子：一种多半丑陋似人形的生物，多出现在传说或童话中
- A dwarf star.矮星
n.attributive.（定语名词）- Often used to modify another noun:常用于修饰另一名词：a dwarf tree; dwarf shrubbery.一株矮树；矮灌木丛
v.（动词）dwarfed, dwarf.ing, dwarfs v.tr.（及物动词）- To check the natural growth or development of; stunt:停止发育：中止自然生长和发展；发育不全："The oaks were dwarfed from lack of moisture"(John Steinbeck)“因缺乏水分，栎树停止生长”(约翰·斯坦贝克)
- To cause to appear small by comparison:使显矮小：通过比较使显得矮小："Together these two big men dwarfed the tiny Broadway office"(Saul Bellow)“两位彪形大汉挤得这百老汇街的办公室更显矮小”(索尔·贝洛)
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To become stunted or grow smaller.变矮：发育不全而变得矮小或侏儒
- Middle English dwerf 中古英语 dwerf
- from Old English dweorh 源自 古英语 dweorh
dwarfʹish adj.（形容词）dwarfʹishness n.（名词） |