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dwarf n.侏儒；矮小的植物；v.使变矮小 dwarf (n.) Old English dweorh, dweorg (West Saxon), duerg (Mercian), "very short human being," from Proto-Germanic *dweraz (cognates: Old Frisian dwerch, Old Saxon dwerg, Old High German twerg, German Zwerg, Old Norse dvergr), perhaps from PIE *dhwergwhos "something tiny," but with no established cognates outside Germanic. The mythological sense is 1770, from German (it seems never to have developed independently in English).Whilst in this and other ways the dwarfs do at times have dealings with mankind, yet on the whole they seem to shrink from man; they give the impression of a downtrodden afflicted race, which is on the point of abandoning its ancient home to new and more powerful invaders. There is stamped on their character something shy and something heathenish, which estranges them from intercourse with christians. They chafe at human faithlessness, which no doubt would primarily mean the apostacy from heathenism. In the poems of the Mid. Ages, Laurin is expressly set before us as a heathen. It goes sorely against the dwarfs to see churches built, bell-ringing ... disturbs their ancient privacy; they also hate the clearing of forests, agriculture, new fangled pounding-machinery for ore. ["Teutonic Mythology," Jacob Grimm, transl. Stallybrass, 1883]The shift of the Old English guttural at the end of the word to modern -f is typical (compare enough, draft). Old English plural dweorgas became Middle English dwarrows, later leveled down to dwarfs. The use of dwarves for the legendary race was popularized by J.R.R. Tolkien. As an adjective, from 1590s.dwarf (v.) "to render dwarfish," 1620s, from dwarf (n.); sense of "to cause to look small" is from 1850. Related: Dwarfed; dwarfing. 【记】音：倒夫，站着的丈夫很高，倒下的丈夫就成了矮子；音：剁夫，被剁掉一截子的丈夫；懦夫是胆小的人，dwarf是矮小的人，drarf发音中有个夫

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[dwɔ:f] 【英】 侏儒,矮小的植物(any human being, animal, or plant that is much smaller than the usual one of its species)【例】 a dwarf apple tree/ the art of dwarfing trees. n. 侏儒; 矮小的植物; 矮星; v (通过比较)使显得矮小【源】北欧神话中善于做金属小工艺品的矮神Dwarf(德奥夫)

单词	dwarf
音标	[dwɔ:f]
解释	n.侏儒；矮小的植物；v.使变矮小
红宝书	【英】侏儒,矮小的植物(any human being, animal, or plant that is much smaller than the usual one of its species) 【例】 a dwarf apple tree/ the art of dwarfing trees.
字源	dwarf (n.) Old English dweorh, dweorg (West Saxon), duerg (Mercian), "very short human being," from Proto-Germanic dweraz (cognates: Old Frisian dwerch, Old Saxon dwerg, Old High German twerg, German Zwerg, Old Norse dvergr), perhaps from PIE dhwergwhos "something tiny," but with no established cognates outside Germanic. The mythological sense is 1770, from German (it seems never to have developed independently in English). Whilst in this and other ways the dwarfs do at times have dealings with mankind, yet on the whole they seem to shrink from man; they give the impression of a downtrodden afflicted race, which is on the point of abandoning its ancient home to new and more powerful invaders. There is stamped on their character something shy and something heathenish, which estranges them from intercourse with christians. They chafe at human faithlessness, which no doubt would primarily mean the apostacy from heathenism. In the poems of the Mid. Ages, Laurin is expressly set before us as a heathen. It goes sorely against the dwarfs to see churches built, bell-ringing ... disturbs their ancient privacy; they also hate the clearing of forests, agriculture, new fangled pounding-machinery for ore. ["Teutonic Mythology," Jacob Grimm, transl. Stallybrass, 1883] The shift of the Old English guttural at the end of the word to modern -f is typical (compare enough, draft). Old English plural dweorgas became Middle English dwarrows, later leveled down to dwarfs. The use of dwarves for the legendary race was popularized by J.R.R. Tolkien. As an adjective, from 1590s. dwarf (v.) "to render dwarfish," 1620s, from dwarf (n.); sense of "to cause to look small" is from 1850. Related: Dwarfed; dwarfing.
不择手段背单词	n. 侏儒; 矮小的植物; 矮星; v (通过比较)使显得矮小【源】北欧神话中善于做金属小工艺品的矮神Dwarf(德奥夫)
趣味全助记	【记】音：倒夫，站着的丈夫很高，倒下的丈夫就成了矮子；音：剁夫，被剁掉一截子的丈夫；懦夫是胆小的人，dwarf是矮小的人，drarf发音中有个夫

Dwarf English Human German Sense Ancient Dwɔ:F N.侏儒；矮小的植物；V.使变矮小