dwarf 中文
EN[dwɔː(ɹ)f] [dɔɹf] [-ɔː(ɹ)f]US
名侏儒, 矮人
- 名词 (Noun)PLdwarfsPLdwarves
- (mythology) 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 depicted as short, and sometimes depicted as clashing with elves.
- (now often offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with normal adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
- An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
- dwarf tree; dwarf honeysuckle
- (astronomy) A star of relatively small size.
- (mythology) 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 depicted as short, and sometimes depicted as clashing with elves.
- 动词 (Verb)SGdwarfsPRdwarfingPT, PPdwarfed
- (transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
- (transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
- In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.
- (transitive) To make appear insignificant.
- Bach dwarfs all other composers.
- (intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
- To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
- (transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
- 形容词 (Adjective)
- (especially in botany) Miniature.
- The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.
- It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires.
- (especially in botany) Miniature.
Definition of dwarf in English Dictionary
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