dwarfed

英 [dwɔːft]

美 [dwɔːrft]

v.  使显得矮小; 使相形见绌
dwarf的过去分词和过去式

过去式：dwarfed　

COCA.39304

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使显得矮小;使相形见绌
  If one person or thingis dwarfedby another, the second is so much bigger than the first that it makes them look very small.
  1. His figure is dwarfed by the huge red McDonald's sign...
     在巨大的红色麦当劳标志牌下，他显得很矮小。
  2. The US air travel market dwarfs that of Britain.
     与美国航空旅行市场比起来，英国的航空旅行市场相形见绌。
• N-COUNT (星系中较小的、不是很亮的)矮星
  Dwarfis used to describe a particular kind of star which is quite small and not very bright.
  1. ...a white dwarf star.
     白色的矮星
  2. ...a red dwarf.
     红色的矮星
• ADJ (动植物等)矮小的,矮种的
  Dwarfis used to describe varieties or species of plants and animals which are much smaller than the usual size for their kind.
  1. ...dwarf shrubs.
     矮灌木丛
• (童话故事中的)小矮人
  In children's stories, adwarfis an imaginary creature that is like a small man. Dwarfs often have magical powers.
• 矮子;侏儒
  In former times, people who were much smaller than normal were calleddwarfs.

双语例句

• Our little dinghy was dwarfed by the big yacht.
  我们的小船跟大游艇一比显得很小。
• Subsidies to green energy are dwarfed by those to the polluting stuff.
  给予绿色能源的补贴，与对造成污染的行业的补贴相形见绌。
• You may feel dwarfed by the sheer scale of the place
  看到此处气势如此恢宏，你可能会觉得自己很渺小。
• Nowadays, direct trade and payments across the exchanges are dwarfed by vastly greater capital flows.
  当今，在庞大得多的资本流面前，跨汇率的直接交易和支付相形见绌。
• He is dwarfed by the architecture of Vienna, clearly out of his league.
  他是相形见绌维也纳的建筑，明确了他的联赛。
• Malnutrition dwarfed the child.
  营养不良阻碍了孩子的生长发育。
• Her presentation's graphics and in-depth analysis totally dwarfed the few pages I had prepared for the meeting.
  她的演示里的图表和深度分析使我为这个会议准备的几页东西相形见绌。
• Large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber.
  亚洲热带一种高大的树，经常截矮成室内盆栽植物，；是阿萨姆邦橡胶的来源。
• When the housing market collapsed, Citigroup suffered billions of dollars in losses that dwarfed the fees it had collected.
  当房地产市场崩盘时，花旗集团损失了数十亿美元，远远超过了它收取的那些前期费用。
• Beckham's arrival in the United States has attracted huge attention and already increased the profile of a sport which is dwarfed in popularity by American football, baseball, basketball and hockey.
  贝克汉姆来到美国吸引了众多关注，此前足球运动在美国的橄榄球，垒球，篮球和曲棍球面前相形见绌，小贝的到来显然已经增加了这项运动的知名度。