单词乎

dwarf

音标[dwɒ:f]

汉语翻译

n. 矮子, 侏儒
vt. (使)变矮小
vi. (使)变矮小
【医】 侏儒, 矮人, 矮子

词型变化

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 

英语解释

名词 dwarf:

  1. a person who is markedly small
    同义词:midget, nanus
  2. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
    同义词:gnome

动词 dwarf:

  1. make appear small by comparison
    同义词:shadow, overshadow
  2. check the growth of

例句

  1. A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously portrayed as a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives in caves, in the hills, or under bridges.
    巨人,巨怪斯堪的那维亚民间传说中的超自然的生物,时而被描述成友好的或顽皮的侏儒,时而被描述成巨人,居住在山洞里、小山上或桥下
  2. There is a dwarf apple tree in our garden.
    在我们的花园里有一棵矮苹果树。
  3. 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。

详细解释


dwarf

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:
例句:
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:
例句:
.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:
例句:
.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

来源:
Middle English dwerf
中古英语 dwerf
from Old English dweorh
源自 古英语 dweorh

【引伸】
dwarf.ish
adj.(形容词)
dwarf.ishness
n.(名词)

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