dwarf
美 [dwɔrf] 
英 [dwɔː(r)f]
- n.侏儒；矮子；（神话中会魔法的）小矮人
- v.使显得矮小；使相形见绌
- adj.矮小的
- 网络变矮小；矮星
词形变化
复数：dwarves 复数：dwarfs 现在分词：dwarfing 过去式：dwarfed
英汉双解
1. | （神话中会魔法的）小矮人(in stories) a creature like a small man, who has magic powers and who is usually described as living and working under the ground, especially working with metal |
2. | 矮子；侏儒an extremely small person, who will never grow to a normal size because of a physical problem; a person suffering from dwarfism |
1. | [obn] 矮小的much smaller than the normal size |
1. | ~ sth 使显得矮小；使相形见绌to make sth seem small or unimportant compared with sth else |
| The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower blocks. 这些旧房子在新建的高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。 |
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例句
He took Yandry back to the tiller, where they spoke in low voices, too quietly for the dwarf to hear.
他示意杨恩德里来船舵那里，低声交谈，侏儒甚至听不清他们说话。
Badenes's team examined archival observations and found a white dwarf and neutron star orbiting one another extremely closely.
Badenes的团队试验档案观测并发现白色小的中子星体非常近的围绕另一个运转。
Several dark elves have been caught trying to sneak into a dwarf city.
几个黑暗精灵在企图潜入矮人城市时被捕获。
The litter was as slow as it was comfortable, however, and the dwarf soon found himself itching with impatience.
轿子还是慢慢行进保证着乘坐者的舒适，但是侏儒很快就发现自己被不耐烦弄的浑身痒痒。
Although the dwarf knew that she had done this to save his life, he flew into a terrible rage.
虽然小矮人知道她这样做是为了救自己的命，他还是大发雷霆。
"He says that it is good luck to rub the head of a dwarf, " Haldon said after an exchange with the guard in his own tongue.
“他说揉一个侏儒的脑袋能带来好运，”哈尔顿和守卫用他们的语言交谈后说。
He's approximately the size of a pot-bellied dwarf, and his chin would be underwater in the shallow end of any swimming pool on the planet.
他体型大概就跟一个大腹便便的小矮人差不多，这世上任何一个泳池的浅水区都能盖过他的下巴。
the dwarf asked him as they stuffed themselves with cold capon and a relish made of carrots, raisins, and bits of lime and orange.
侏儒问，与此同时，他们正往肚子里填冷阉鸡和用胡萝卜、葡萄干和一点酸橙和橙子的酱汁。
The other dwarf felt his stare. When he raised his head and saw Tyrion, the spoon slipped from his hand.
另一个侏儒感觉到他的目光，当他抬起头看到提利昂时，他的勺子从手上滑落。
"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。
He said the net flows from Japan's balance of payments dwarf China's net purchases totalling Y2, 316bn.
他说，日本国际收支的净流量，使中国对日本国债2.316万亿日元的净购买量相形见绌。
Instead of the old horse, he was riding on a noble one. As the horse swam to the bank, the dwarf felt a change come over himself.
这时他骑的是一匹骏马，而不是原来那匹老马。当马游向岸边时，侏儒感到自己身上在起变化。
The telescope can be used to search for dwarf planets like Pluto that orbit the Sun off the solar system's ecliptic plane.
望远镜能搜寻类似于冥神星那样以偏离太阳系的椭圆轨道平面绕太阳运行的矮星。
The dry, frigid site is now surrounded by glaciers and is completely treeless, except for a few bonsai-size dwarf trees.
这个地区的气候干燥寒冷，广布冰川。除了少量盆景式矮化林以外，再也找不到别的树木。
The dwarf looked down at a little man not half as big as himself, dressed in a green jacket with brass buttons, and a red cap with a tassel.
侏儒往下看到一个身材远不及他自己一半高的小矮人，他穿著一件有铜扣的绿色外套，并戴着一顶垂着流苏的红帽。
For most of its orbit Sedna is farther from the Sun than any other known dwarf planet candidate.
对于它的轨道塞德娜是远离太阳比任何其他已知的矮行星候选。
The dwarf flinched. The knife landed between his feet and stood quivering in the deck. He plucked it out. "What's this? "
侏儒畏缩了一下。那把刀插在了他双脚之间在甲板上嗡嗡直晃。他拔出了它。“这是干嘛？”
The dwarf craned his head around to get a better look, but the thing was gone as suddenly as it had appeared.
侏儒伸长脑袋想好好看看，但是那个东西稍纵即逝就像它出现时一样。
With his head sunk down between his shoulders, and a hideous grin over spreading his face, the dwarf stoop up .
矮子头缩在肩膀下面，脸上展开了一个可怕的苦笑，他站立起来。
In truth, she was no lady, but he could not bring himself to mouth that silly name of hers, and he was not about to call her girl or dwarf.
实际上，她算不上什么小姐，但是对于她那愚蠢的名字他依旧说不出口，而他也不准备叫女孩或者侏儒。
"Perhaps you'd like a bit of cake, " said Dick, at last turning to the dwarf.
狄克最后转过头来对着矮子说，“也许你喜欢一块饼吧。”
"The last advance was seventy, " said the dwarf; "and it went in one night. "
“最后一次是七十镑，”矮子说道，“一夜就输光了。”
Each innovation destined to dwarf the one 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。
"There's no such thing to be had here, " cried the dwarf.
“这地方哪有这种东西！”矮子叫道。
Everyone laughed and clapped hands, and Tom was made the King's dwarf and became a great favourite.
每个人又是拍手又是欢笑，汤姆做了国王的矮人儿，十分受到宠爱。
In Japan, the first description of rice dwarf transmission dates back to the end of the nineteenth century.
在日本，第一次描述水稻矮缩病传播的日子要追逆到19世纪。
An astronomer makes the case that the best place to search for habitable planets may be very close to white dwarf stars.
一位天文学家提出了一种新想法，在靠近白矮星的地方找最寻适合生命居住的行星。
Instead he saw two strangers . . . and the dwarf, who was standing a few feet away staring at him intently.
但是他之看到了两个陌生人……还有一个侏儒，在旁边几步远的地方注视着他。
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。
"Perhaps you'd like a bit of cake, " said Dick, at last turning to the dwarf.
狄克最后转过头来对着矮子说，“也许你喜欢一块饼吧。”
It was while looking for dwarf cayman in Uganda in February that he seems to have contracted the malaria that killed him.
今年2月，他在乌干达寻找小美洲鳄时，似乎染上了致他于死命的疟疾。
Had my hormones been absent at the time of Joe's birth, he would have growth into a thick-lipped, flat-nosed dwarf-an imbecile or moron.
如果乔出生时没有我这种激素，他将长成一个厚嘴唇，塌鼻梁的侏儒--一个低能儿或呆子。
The dwarf's sudden silence went unnoticed, as Duck had begun to regale him with his own life story.
侏儒突然的沉寂没被注意，同时鸭子开始了他自己生活经历的吹擂。
Down in the dungeons, an old wizened dwarf acts as croupier, welcoming everyone with a stream of curses.
地下房间里，一个老瘦的矮人是赌场的老板，他欢迎每一个污言秽语的人。
"Dick" said the dwarf, thrusting his head in at the door, "my pet, my pupil, the apple of my eyes, hey, hey! "
“狄克”，矮子说着，把头从门口伸出来，“我的心肝，我的徒弟，我的宝贝，嘿，嘿！”
The red dwarf star Ross 154 looks as if it's been relegated to the position of "eighth closest star. "
红矮星Ross154恐怕要被认定为是“第八近的恒星”。
The dwarf, the evil counselor, the twisted little monkey demon. I'm all that stands between them and chaos.
这个侏儒，这个奸臣，这个畸形小魔猴。在这片混乱中只有我一柱擎天。
The dwarf recrossed his stunted legs and began to prick the other set of toes. "Shall I prick my prick as well? "
侏儒换了一下他发育不全的腿开始扎剩下的脚趾头。“我要扎扎我的老二么？”
"And there you fell in love with the little princess, " said the elf . The poor dwarf blushed to hear that.
小仙人说：『于是你在那里爱上那小公主。』可怜的侏儒听到这里脸都红了。
Does not the age of Balzac, Dickens, Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy dwarf its earnest, fitfully brilliant but ultimately punier successor?
如果不是Balzac，Dickens，Dostoyevsky和Tolstoy的时代的低调认真的创作，断断续续的杰出创作但是最终却弱势继承？
As they came nearer, they saw that it was a tiny dwarf with an old, withered face and a long, white beard.
当她们走近大树时，才看见那个东西原来是一个小矮人，他有一张苍老而干瘪的脸和长长的白胡子。
She might be a dwarf, but she was also a woman, and women were bad luck aboard ship.
她是个侏儒没错，但她同时也是个女人，而带女人船会招致厄运。
The dwarf did not need to be a prophet himself to foresee how Benerro and his followers might react to a second Targaryen.
侏儒就算不是先知也知道当班奈罗和他的追随者知道有另一个坦格利安存在后会如何应对。
"Yes, even if it costs me my life, " said the dwarf. "Will you please tell me how the spell can be broken? "
侏儒说：『是的，甚至是牺牲我的性命也在所不惜。你能告诉我如何才能破除咒语吗？』
Back then, Disney's board might easily have been mistaken for a pair of Snow White's dwarf pals (specifically, Sleepy and Dopey).
如上所述，迪士尼公司的董事会可能轻易被错认为是白雪公主的一对小矮人朋友（尤其是瞌睡虫和糊涂虫更为贴切）。
The dwarf had a pair of mile-boots with which you could pass one mile per step.
小矮人有一双千里靴，穿着它一步就可以行千里。
