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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is an animated classic.
  「白雪公主和七个小矮人」是一部动画经典。
• The seven dwarfs like to sing.
  七个小矮人喜欢唱歌。
• And they are small, even smaller than the smallest dwarfs.
  他们都是小，甚至小于最小的矮星。
• He dwarfs other dramatists.
  他使其他剧作家相形见绌。
• 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。
• The dwarfs will think she's dead.
  那些矮人会以为她已经死了。