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

• 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。
• This one, though, also includes showings of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Beauty and the Beast.
  尽管如此，这门课上也会放映《白雪公主和七个小矮人》和《美女与野兽》。
• Observations might also catch brown dwarfs in the very act of forming.
  观测时也可能会逮到正处于形成阶段的棕矮星。
• The seven dwarfs like to sing.
  七个小矮人喜欢唱歌。
• The dwarfs pitied him and gave him the coffin.
  小矮人很同情王子，就把棺材给了他。
• They were seven dwarfs who dug for gold in the mountains.
  他们是七个在山中挖金的小矮人。
• He says the team studied pictures of the white dwarfs taken during the past thirty years.
  他说科研组对过去30年来拍摄的白矮星的照片作了研究。
• 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。
• 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。
• 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', the 1937 Disney classic, has lost none of its original charm
  1937年迪斯尼推出的经典之作《白雪公主和七个小矮人》魅力不减当年。