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.

They have campaigned for many years against the discrimination experienced by dwarfs.
他们为反对歧视侏儒而斗争了许多年。
He says the team studied pictures of the white dwarfs taken during the past thirty years.
他说科研组对过去30年来拍摄的白矮星的照片作了研究。
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”。
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。
They were seven dwarfs who dug for gold in the mountains.
他们是七个在山中挖金的小矮人。
This one, though, also includes showings of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Beauty and the Beast.
尽管如此，这门课上也会放映《白雪公主和七个小矮人》和《美女与野兽》。
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。
The seven dwarfs have seven different names.
七个小矮人有七个不同的名字。
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。