| 单词 | dwarf |
| 释义 | dwarf[dwɒ:f]n. 矮子, 侏儒vt. (使)变矮小vi. (使)变矮小【医】 侏儒, 矮人, 矮子 dwarf dwarf AHD: [dwôrf] D.J. [dw%8f]K.K. [dw%rf]n.（名词） 【复数】 dwarfs 或 dwarves [dwôrvz] 1. An abnormally small person, often having limbs and features not properly proportioned or formed.侏儒：发育不正常身材矮小的人，常表现出四肢比例不协调2. An atypically small animal or plant.矮小生物：不正常矮小的动物或植物3. A small creature resembling a human being, often ugly, appearing in legends and fairy tales.丑矮子：一种多半丑陋似人形的生物，多出现在传说或童话中4. A dwarf star.矮星n.attributive.（定语名词）Often used to modify another noun:常用于修饰另一名词：a dwarf tree; dwarf shrubbery.一株矮树；矮灌木丛v.（动词） dwarfed,dwarf.ing,dwarfs v.tr.（及物动词）1. To check the natural growth or development of; stunt:停止发育：中止自然生长和发展；发育不全：“The oaks were dwarfed from lack of moisture”(&b{John Steinbeck})“因缺乏水分，栎树停止生长”(约翰·斯坦贝克)2. To cause to appear small by comparison:使显矮小：通过比较使显得矮小：“Together these two big men dwarfed the tiny Broadway office”(&b{Saul Bellow})“两位彪形大汉挤得这百老汇街的办公室更显矮小”(索尔·贝洛)v.intr.（不及物动词）To become stunted or grow smaller.变矮：发育不全而变得矮小或侏儒语源:1. Middle English dwerf 中古英语 dwerf 2. from Old English dweorh 源自 古英语 dweorh 继承用法:dwarf“ish adj.（形容词）dwarf“ishness n.（名词） |
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