dwarf
美音:
[dwɔ:f
]英音:
[dwɔ:f
]n.矮子,侏儒 v.(使)变矮小
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名词复数:dwarfs 名词:dwarfishness 形容词:dwarfish 动词过去式:dwarfed 过去分词:dwarfed 现在分词:dwarfing 第三人称单数:dwarfs
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dwarf
/dwɔ:f; dwɔrf/
n (pl ~s)
1 person, animal or plant that is much smaller than the normal size 矮子; 侏儒; 矮小的动物或植物
*[attrib 作定语] a dwarf conifer 矮小的针叶树.
2 (in fairy stories) creature like a very small man with magic powers (神话中的)有魔法的小矮人.
v [Tn]
1 make (sb/sth) seem small by contrast or distance 使(某人[某物])相比之下显得小
*Our little dinghy was dwarfed by the big yacht. 我们的小船跟大游艇一比显得很小.
2 prevent the full growth of (sth); stunt 阻碍(某物)充分生长发育; 阻碍生长.