| [/dwɔːf; dwɔrf/] n (pl ~s) 用法:
1 person, animal or plant that is much smaller than the normal size 矮子; 侏儒; 矮小的动物或植物:
[attrib 作定语] a dwarf conifer 矮小的针叶树. 用法:
2 (in fairy stories) creature like a very small man with magic powers （神话中的）有魔法的小矮人. dwarf 2
v [Tn] 用法:
1 make (sb/sth) seem small by contrast or distance 使（某人[某物]）相比之下显得小:
Our little dinghy was dwarfed by the big yacht. 我们的小船跟大游艇一比显得很小. 用法:
2 prevent the full growth of (sth); stunt 阻碍（某物）充分生长发育; 阻碍生长. |