[C]矮子 person, animal or plant that is much smaller than the normal
[C]有魔法的小矮人 creature like a very small man with magic powers
v.(动词)
vt. 显得矮小; 使相形见绌 make sb/sth seem small by contrast or distance
英英释义
Noun
a person who is markedly small
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
a plant or animal that is atypically small
Verb
make appear small by comparison;
"This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
check the growth of;
"the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"
组词搭配
～+名词
dwarf a little dinghy使小船显得小
dwarf other dramatists使其他剧作家相形见绌
例句
用作名词(n.)
You are a giant of words and dwarf of action.你是言词的巨人,行动的矮子。
There is a dwarf apple tree in our garden.在我们的花园里有一棵矮苹果树。
The kind dwarf asked the little princess to have dinner with him.善良的小矮人邀请小公主和他一起吃晚饭。
A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees further of the two.侏儒站在巨人肩上要比两个人看得远。
用作及物动词(vt.)
Each innovation destined to dwarf the extensive accomplishment of the Greeks-Euclidean geometry.每一个创新都注定希腊人的巨大成就--欧几里德几何相形见绌。
As China's income per head catches up, its economy will soon dwarf those of its Asian neighbors.随着中国的人均收入急起直追，它的经济不久将使其亚洲邻国相形见绌。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
They act out their dramas in a setting whose wilderness immensity both dwarf and ennobles whatever they achieve他们在荒原上奠定了他们的事业，而广阔无际的天地既使他们的成就显得渺小，也显得崇高。
