dwarf

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n. 矮子, 侏儒 v. (使)变矮小

发音

US /dwɔɹf/
UK /dwɔːf/

词形变化

dwarfs 复数 dwarfs dwarves dwarves 复数 dwarfed dwarfeth dwarfing dwarfs 三单 dwarfing 现在分词 dwarfed 过去式 dwarfed 过去分词 dwarfer 比较级 dwarfer dwarfest dwarfest 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

侏儒，矮子

动词

变矮小

动词

使矮小

形容词

矮小的

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.

    dwarf tree

    dwarf honeysuckle

  2. 2.

    A dwarf star.

    矮星

    天文
  3. 3.

    Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

    矮人

    侏儒

    宗教 神话 哲学
  4. 4.

    A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.

    侏儒

    矮子

    矮人

    冒犯
v. C2
  1. 1.

    To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).

    及物
  2. 2.

    To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.

    及物

    The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.

  3. 3.

    To make appear insignificant.

    及物

    Bach dwarfs all other composers.

  4. 4.

    To become (much) smaller.

    不及物
  5. 5.

    To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Miniature.

    The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.

    It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

midget gnome

上位词 7

being fairy organism fay sprite faerie faery

下位词 1

Nibelung
动词

同义词 2

shadow overshadow

上位词 5

command stunt dominate overlook overtop

相关短语

dwarf planet n. 矮行星 dwarf spheroidal dwarf spheroidal galaxy dwarf tossing dwarf galaxy 矮星系 dwarf birch dwarf planets dwarf horsetail dwarf star 矮星 dwarf tinamou dwarf sperm whale 侏儒抹香鲸 dwarf horsetails dwarf stars dwarf tinamous dwarf galaxies

词源

From Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz. Cognate with Scots droich, dwerch (“dwarf, midget”); Old High German twerc (German, Luxembourgish Zwerg (“dwarf”)); Old Norse dvergr (Danish dværg (“dwarf, midget”), Faroese dvørgur (“dwarf”), Icelandic dvergur (“dwarf”), Norwegian Bokmål dverg (“dwarf”), Norwegian Nynorsk dverg, verg (“dwarf”), Swedish dvärg (“dwarf”)); Old Frisian dwirg (Saterland Frisian Dwärch (“dwarf”), West Frisian dwerch (“dwarf”)); Middle Low German dwerch, dwarch, twerg (German Low German Dwarg (“dwarf”)); Middle Dutch dwerch, dworch (Dutch dwerg (“dwarf”)). The Modern English noun has undergone complex phonetic changes. The form dwarf is the regular continuation of Old English dweorg, but the plural dweorgas would have given rise to dwarrows and the oblique stem dweorge- would have led to dwery. These forms are sometimes found as the nominative singular in Middle English texts and in English dialects. A parallel case is that of Old English burg giving burgh, borough, burrow, bury.

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