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)