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。
• 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。
• A dwarfed evergreen conifer or shrub shaped to have flat-topped asymmetrical branches and grown in a container.
  一种矮的常青针叶树或灌木，有平冠的不对称的枝，通常在一容器中生长。
• The palace is dwarfed by the surrounding skyscrapers.
  与周围的摩天大楼相比，这座宫殿显得比较矮小。
• The house is dwarfed by the new office buildings.
  与新办公楼相比这房子显得很矮小。
• His airplanes and spaceships have dwarfed distance, placed time in chains, and carved highways through the stratosphere.
  飞机和宇宙飞船缩短了时间和空间距离，在平流层高速航行。
• The old cathedral is dwarfed by the skyscrapers that surround it.
  那栋古老的大教堂使环绕它的摩天大楼相形见绌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。