英语音标：[dwɔːf]
美语音标：[dwɔːrf]

n.矮子；侏儒

vt.使矮小

vi.变小

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。

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