dwarf 音标拼音: [dw'ɔrf]
n . 矮子,侏儒
vt .
vi . (使)变矮小
矮子,侏儒(使)变矮小
dwarf n 1 :
a person who is markedly small [
synonym : {
dwarf }, {
midget },
{
nanus }]
2 :
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man ;
lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure [
synonym : {
gnome },
{
dwarf }]
3 :
a plant or animal that is atypically small v 1 :
make appear small by comparison ; "
This year '
s debt dwarfs that of last year " [
synonym : {
shadow }, {
overshadow }, {
dwarf }]
2 :
check the growth of ; "
the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines "
Dwarf \
Dwarf \,
n .;
pl . {
Dwarfs }. [
OE .
dwergh ,
dwerf ,
dwarf ,
AS .
dweorg ,
dweorh ;
akin to D .
dwerg ,
MHG .
twerc ,
G .
zwerg ,
Icel .
dvergr ,
Sw . &
Dan .
dverg ;
of unknown origin .]
1 .
An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Especially :
A diminutive human being ,
small in stature due to a pathological condition which causes a distortion of the proportions of body parts to each other ,
such as the limbs ,
torso ,
and head .
A person of unusually small height who has normal body proportions is usually called a {
midget }.
[
PJC ]
Note :
During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared the favor of courts and the nobility .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Folklore )
A small ,
usually misshapen person ,
typically a man ,
who may have magical powers ;
mythical dwarves were often depicted as living underground in caves .
[
PJC ]
Note :
Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much below the usual or normal size ;
as ,
a dwarf pear tree ;
dwarf honeysuckle .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Dwarf elder } (
Bot .),
danewort .
{
Dwarf wall } (
Arch .),
a low wall ,
not as high as the story of a building ,
often used as a garden wall or fence . --
Gwilt .
[
1913 Webster ]
Dwarf \
Dwarf \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Dwarfed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Dwarfing }.]
To hinder from growing to the natural size ;
to make or keep small ;
to stunt . --
Addison .
[
1913 Webster ]
Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . .
would be stunted and dwarfed ,
if cut off from a spiritual background . --
J .
C .
Shairp .
[
1913 Webster ]
Dwarf \
Dwarf \,
v .
i .
To become small ;
to diminish in size .
[
1913 Webster ]
Strange power of the world that ,
the moment we enter it ,
our great conceptions dwarf . --
Beaconsfield .
[
1913 Webster ]
131 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dwarf ":
Ariel ,
Befind ,
Corrigan ,
Finnbeara ,
Lilliputian ,
Mab ,
Oberon ,
Titania ,
Tom Thumb ,
ace ,
atom ,
banshee ,
bedwarf ,
belittle ,
bit ,
bitsy ,
brownie ,
cluricaune ,
dab ,
de -
emphasize ,
detract from ,
diminish ,
diminutive ,
dole ,
dominate ,
dot ,
downplay ,
dram ,
dribble ,
driblet ,
dumpy ,
dwarfed ,
dwarfish ,
elf ,
elfin ,
fairy ,
fairy queen ,
farthing ,
fay ,
fleck ,
flyspeck ,
fragment ,
gnome ,
gobbet ,
goblin ,
grain ,
granule ,
gremlin ,
groat ,
hair ,
handful ,
hob ,
homunculus ,
imp ,
incipient ,
iota ,
jot ,
kobold ,
leprechaun ,
lilliputian ,
little ,
little bit ,
manikin ,
meager ,
midge ,
midget ,
miniature ,
minify ,
minikin ,
minim ,
minimize ,
minimum ,
minimus ,
minutiae ,
mite ,
modicum ,
molecule ,
mote ,
nanoid ,
nutshell ,
ounce ,
ouphe ,
overshadow ,
particle ,
pebble ,
peewee ,
peri ,
pinch ,
pip -
squeak ,
pittance ,
pixie ,
play down ,
point ,
pooka ,
puca ,
pwca ,
pygmy ,
rudimental ,
rudimentary ,
runt ,
runty ,
scraggy ,
scrubby ,
scruple ,
shrimp ,
shriveled ,
shrunk ,
shrunken ,
smidgen ,
smitch ,
speck ,
spoonful ,
spot ,
sprite ,
squat ,
stunted ,
suppress ,
sylph ,
sylphid ,
thimbleful ,
tiny bit ,
tittle ,
trifling amount ,
trivia ,
underplay ,
undersize ,
undersized ,
wart ,
wee ,
whit ,
wizened
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