dwarfs

英 [dwɔːfs]

美 [dwɔːrfs]

n.  (神话中有魔法的)小矮人; 矮子; 侏儒
v.  使显得矮小; 使相形见绌
dwarf的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使显得矮小;使相形见绌
  If one person or thingis dwarfedby another, the second is so much bigger than the first that it makes them look very small.
  1. His figure is dwarfed by the huge red McDonald's sign...
     在巨大的红色麦当劳标志牌下，他显得很矮小。
  2. The US air travel market dwarfs that of Britain.
     与美国航空旅行市场比起来，英国的航空旅行市场相形见绌。
• N-COUNT (星系中较小的、不是很亮的)矮星
  Dwarfis used to describe a particular kind of star which is quite small and not very bright.
  1. ...a white dwarf star.
     白色的矮星
  2. ...a red dwarf.
     红色的矮星
• ADJ (动植物等)矮小的,矮种的
  Dwarfis used to describe varieties or species of plants and animals which are much smaller than the usual size for their kind.
  1. ...dwarf shrubs.
     矮灌木丛
• (童话故事中的)小矮人
  In children's stories, adwarfis an imaginary creature that is like a small man. Dwarfs often have magical powers.
• 矮子;侏儒
  In former times, people who were much smaller than normal were calleddwarfs.

双语例句

• Like most achondroplasia dwarfs, I have two average-height parents, as well as an average-height brother.
  像大多数患有软骨发育不全症的侏儒一样，我的父母身高正常，我的兄弟也很正常。
• Observations might also catch brown dwarfs in the very act of forming.
  观测时也可能会逮到正处于形成阶段的棕矮星。
• She told them the now-famous fairy tales of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "the Frog Prince".
  她给他们讲了现在很有名的童话故事：“白雪公主和七个小矮人”以及“青蛙王子”。
• Ben Oppenheimer led the research team that discovered the white dwarfs.
  本？奥本海姆领导发现这些白矮星的研究小组。
• The new building dwarfs all the other buildings in the town.
  新大楼使城里所有其它建筑物都显得矮小了。
• Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs.
  格拉斯的小说里充斥着稀奇古怪的人物：丑陋的怪人、小丑、稻草人和侏儒。
• The dwarfs will think she's dead.
  那些矮人会以为她已经死了。
• They said they found thirty-eight objects called@ white dwarfs@.
  他们发现了38个被叫做白矮星的物体。
• Not Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
  那不是白雪公主和七个小矮人。
• The new building dwarfs all the other ones.
  那楝新建筑物于所有其他建筑物显得小了些。