dwarf

音标发音

• 英式音标 [dwɔːf]
• 美式音标 [dwɔːrf]
• 国际音标 [dwɔ:f]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 侏儒，矮子；（传说或神话里的）小矮人；矮星
• adj. 矮小的；矮生的
• v. （使）变矮；使显得矮小

词源解说

• 1620年左右进入英语，直接源自古英语的dweory，意为矮子。

词根记忆

• 战争(war)使战败国在战胜国面前相形见绌(dwarf)

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  dwarfish：矮小的；像侏儒的。

• n性质的同根词

  dwarfism：[内科]侏儒症；矮小。

  dwarfishness：矮子；侏儒症。

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英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• He is a dwarf.
  他是一个矮子。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• He dwarfs other dramatists.
  他使其他剧作家相形见绌。

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词组短语

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• dwarf a little dinghy 使小船显得小
• dwarf other dramatists 使其他剧作家相形见绌

短语

• red dwarf 红矮星（表面温度较低且亮度较弱的恒星）
• black dwarf [天]黑矮星;黑矮人;黑侏儒;详细翻译
• halo dwarf 晕族矮星
• yellow dwarf 黄矮病;黄矮星

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• in stories for children, a creature like a little man with magical powers
• very small
• If one thing dwarfs another, it makes it seem small by comparison.

柯林斯英英字典

• If one person or thing is dwarfed by another, the second is so much bigger than the first that it makes them look very small.
• Dwarf is used to describe varieties or species of plants and animals which are much smaller than the usual size for their kind.
• In children's stories, a dwarf is an imaginary creature that is like a small man. Dwarfs often have magical powers.
• In former times, people who were much smaller than normal were called dwarves.

• dwarf剑桥字典
• dwarf柯林斯字典

专业释义

农业科学

• 矮秆

  The semi-dwarf genes have been used in rice breeding for selecting semi-dwarf varieties. The discovery of recessive tall mutation has provided a way to resolve F1 plant height problem in Indica-japonica hybrid rice.
  矮秆或半矮秆基因在水稻品种的选育中的正确应用对发挥水稻生长潜力产生了积极的作用,高秆隐性基因的发现对亚种间杂交水稻解决F1株高超高提供了途经。

• 矮化

  Dwarf culture is tendency for fruit growing.
  矮化是果树栽培发展的趋势。

• 矮杆
• 短蔓

生物学

• 矮小的
• 矮型
• 侏儒
• 矮人;矮小的

文学

• (具有魔力的)丑矮人，矮神

医药科学

• 侏儒

  The proportion of megalosplenia, ascites, colongranuloma and dwarf were 58.40%, 40.34% and 1.17% respectively.
  巨脾型占58.40%、腹水型占40.34%、结肠增厚型和侏儒型占1.17%。

• 矮子

环境科学技术

• 矮化
• 萎缩病

天文学

• 矮星