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    dwarf查询结果如下:

    音标:[dwɔːrf] 现在分词:dwarfing
    过去式:dwarfed 过去分词:dwarfed
    名词复数:dwarfs 第三人称单数:dwarfs

    基本释义/说明:n.矮子;侏儒
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    a.
    矮小的;短小的;
    n.
    矮子,侏儒;矮小动物;矮小植物;(神仙故事)小妖;
    vt.
    ①阻碍…发育;使…萎缩;
    ②使相形见绌;
    Shakespeare dwarfs other dramatists.
    莎士比亚使其他的剧作家相形见绌.
    The big yacht dwarfed our little launch.
    这艘大游艇使我们的小汽船相形之下显得很小了.
    -扩展释义
    n. 【水利】
    侏儒,矮小动物,矮小植物
    n. 【化学】
    变矮小,矮小的
    A tiny stuntman who protested against a French ban on the bizarre practice of “dwarf throwing” lost his case before a U.N. human rights body, which said the need to protect human dignity was paramount
    法国禁止了“投掷矮人”的怪异把戏,一位矮小的特技演员因此到联合国的一个人权机构进行抗议,而后者以保护人性尊严至关重要为由判他败诉。
    n.
    [C]1. 矮子;侏儒,2. 矮小的动物(或植物),a.1. 矮小的;发育不全的vt.1. 使矮小,2. 使显得矮小,3. 阻碍...的生长,vi.1. 变矮小;萎缩,2. 发育不全2. 矮种的
    “How came you to think of him?” said the dwarf in a tone of great commiseration
    “你怎么会想到他的?”矮子说,带着绝大怜悯的声调。
    -dwarf的不同词性形态

    形容词 变体/同根词

    Like a dwarf; being especially small. || Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
    “The Canadian buffalo berry and a dwarfish birch are two mountain plants of no small ornamental value for the plains.”
    “In size, fairies were described as dwarfish, and certain deformities such as the absence of a nose would identify these beings.”
    “A dwarfish, funny-looking man dressed in a fine suit leaped down from the driver’s seat, smiling like a child.”
    Similar to a dwarf, for example in stature. || Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarfs/dwarves.
    “She remained as still as stone, her expression as unreadable as the message in the stars behind her Dwarven veil.”
    “Dwarven Den FREEMIUM games are appearing at an astonishing rate.”
    “Backflip Studios’ portfolio of hit franchises includes DragonVale, Paper Toss, NinJump, Spellfall, PlunderNauts, Dwarven Den and Army of Darkness Defense.”
    Much undersized; dwarfish.
    “Her concern annoys personality transplant victim Danny, who as we know, is bitterly jealous of the dwarfy Kevin.”
    Resembling a dwarf or some aspect of one; small, diminutive.

    名词 变体/同根词

    dwarf的复数形式
    “The friendship between Legolas and Gimli unites elves and dwarves, traditionally enemies.”
    “She does not speak as do elves, men, dwarves, and other mortal terrene creatures.”
    “She was surrounded by evil looking dwarves that sounded like elves from their description.”
    The condition of being a dwarf.
    “My son has a condition called achondroplasia, which is a form of dwarfism that affects the long bones of the body.”
    “There was no history of familial dwarfism or known exposure to teratogenic drugs.”
    “Mutations in the transmembrane domain of FGFR3 cause the most common genetic form of dwarfism, achondroplasia.”
    (fantasy) A female dwarf.
    “Heracty has been told that the flaxen dwarfess once had an adventure in the mock forest below the Palace.”
    The quality of being dwarfish.
    A diminutive dwarf.
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