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

• What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs?
  到底是什么样的神灵才会造出老鼠、瘟疫和侏儒？
• Not Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
  那不是白雪公主和七个小矮人。
• And they are small, even smaller than the smallest dwarfs.
  他们都是小，甚至小于最小的矮星。
• 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。
• Towards evening, the dwarfs returned home and saw their dear Snow White lying on the floor.
  傍晚时分，小矮人们回到家，看到他们亲爱的白雪公主躺在地板上。
• Here come the dwarfs.
  小矮人们来了。
• He dwarfs other dramatists.
  他使其他剧作家相形见绌。
• 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。
• The dwarfs pitied him and gave him the coffin.
  小矮人很同情王子，就把棺材给了他。