[VERB 动词]使显得矮小;使相形见绌 If one person or thing is dwarfed by another, the second is so much bigger than the first that it makes them look very small.
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[V n]
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。
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](星系中较小的、不是很亮的)矮星Dwarf is used to describe a particular kind of star which is quite small and not very bright.
[with supp]
...a white dwarf star.
白色的矮星
...a red dwarf.
红色的矮星
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[ADJ 形容词](动植物等)矮小的,矮种的Dwarf is used to describe varieties or species of plants and animals which are much smaller than the usual size for their kind.
[ADJ n]
...dwarf shrubs.
矮灌木丛
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](童话故事中的)小矮人 In children's stories, a dwarf is an imaginary creature that is like a small man. Dwarfs often have magical powers.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]矮子;侏儒 In former times, people who were much smaller than normal were called dwarfs .
[OFFENSIVE 冒犯]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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dwarf/dwɔːf; NAmEdwɔːrf/
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dwarfdwarfsdwarvesnoun(pluraldwarfsordwarves/dwɔːvz; NAmEdwɔːrvz/)1(in stories) a creature like a small man, who has magic powers and who is usually described as living and working under the ground, especially working with metal (神话中会魔法的)小矮人2( sometimes offensive) an extremely small person, who will never grow to a normal size because of a physical problem; a person suffering from dwarfism矮子;侏儒HELPThere is no other word that is generally considered more acceptable. 普遍认为没有比这更易于接受的用词。adjective[only before noun ](of a plant or an animal 植物或动物)much smaller than the normal size 矮小的◆dwarf conifers矮小的针叶树verbdwarfsth to make sth seem small or unimportant compared with sth else 使显得矮小;使相形见绌◆The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower blocks.这些旧房子在新建的高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。dwarf/dwɔːf; NAmEdwɔːrf/dwarves/dwɔːvz; NAmEdwɔːrvz/
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dwarf1 noun
dwarf2 adjective
dwarf3 verb
dwarfdwarf1 /dwɔːf $ dwɔːrf/ noun (plural dwarfs or dwarves) [countable]
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1an imaginary creature that looks like a small man: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs2a person who is a dwarf has not continued to grow to the normal height because of a medical condition. Many people think that this use is offensive. →
white dwarf
dwarf1 noun
dwarf2 adjective
dwarf3 verb
dwarfdwarf2 adjective [only before noun]
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word sets
a dwarf plant or animal is much smaller than the usual size: a dwarf conifer
dwarf1 noun
dwarf2 adjective
dwarf3 verb
dwarfdwarf3 verb [transitive]
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to be so big that other things are made to seem very small: The cathedral is dwarfed by the surrounding skyscrapers.GRAMMARDwarf is usually passive.
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