dwarf

• vi. 变矮小
• n. 侏儒，矮子
• vt. 使矮小
• adj. 矮小的

可能来自PIE*dhwer, 伤害，欺骗。

1. a person who is abnormally small

2. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

dwarf

dwarf: [OE] Dwarf is descended via Germanic *dwergaz from Indo-European *dhwergwhos, which denoted ‘something tiny’. In English, it originally meant simply ‘person of abnormally small stature’; the modern connotation of ‘small manlike creature that lives underground and works metal’, a product of Germanic mythology, is not recorded until the late 18th century. The word’s German relative, zwerg, is the source of English quartz.
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dwarf (n.)

Old English dweorh, dweorg (West Saxon), duerg (Mercian), "very short human being," from Proto-Germanic *dweraz (cognates: Old Frisian dwerch, Old Saxon dwerg, Old High German twerg, German Zwerg, Old Norse dvergr), perhaps from PIE *dhwergwhos "something tiny," but with no established cognates outside Germanic. The mythological sense is 1770, from German (it seems never to have developed independently in English).

Whilst in this and other ways the dwarfs do at times have dealings with mankind, yet on the whole they seem to shrink from man; they give the impression of a downtrodden afflicted race, which is on the point of abandoning its ancient home to new and more powerful invaders. There is stamped on their character something shy and something heathenish, which estranges them from intercourse with christians. They chafe at human faithlessness, which no doubt would primarily mean the apostacy from heathenism. In the poems of the Mid. Ages, Laurin is expressly set before us as a heathen. It goes sorely against the dwarfs to see churches built, bell-ringing ... disturbs their ancient privacy; they also hate the clearing of forests, agriculture, new fangled pounding-machinery for ore. ["Teutonic Mythology," Jacob Grimm, transl. Stallybrass, 1883]

The shift of the Old English guttural at the end of the word to modern -f is typical (compare enough, draft). Old English plural dweorgas became Middle English dwarrows, later leveled down to dwarfs. The use of dwarves for the legendary race was popularized by J.R.R. Tolkien. As an adjective, from 1590s.

dwarf (v.)

"to render dwarfish," 1620s, from dwarf (n.); sense of "to cause to look small" is from 1850. Related: Dwarfed; dwarfing.

Snow White is available for everyone to use, but the dwarfs are still under copyright, so Cornetti invented sound-alike characters ( ' , Grumpy Gus, Dopey Dan) to illustrate specific pay roll law principles.

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Another training, this one for pay roll law, used a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs theme.

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And though print ad sales still dwarf their online and mobile counterparts, revenue from print is still declining.

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dwarf conifers

矮小的针叶树

牛津词典

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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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a white dwarf star.

白色的矮星

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...a red dwarf.

红色的矮星

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...dwarf shrubs.

矮灌木丛

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One was a decision to name Pluto a " dwarf planet "

其中一个重要的决定是将冥王星更名为 “ 矮星行 ”

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All true love is a peak which sexuality cannot dwarf.

所有真正的爱情是性无法使其相形见绌的顶点.

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Dwarf A: Captain, roots are breaching our perimeter in tunnels F, Q, and V.

队长, 树根正在突破我们在F坑道, Q坑道和V坑道的防线.

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As China's income head catches up, its economy will soon dwarf those of its Asian neighbors.

随着中国的人均收入急起直追, 它的经济不久将使其亚洲邻国相形见绌.

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Eight different white dwarf systems were examined.

他们)研究过八个不同的白矮星系.

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Then the dwarf remembered what the elf had told him.

然后侏儒想起小仙人告诉他的话.

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This is our Nielaoshi, a dwarf has also grown narcissistic teachers.

这就是我们的倪老师, 一个长得又矮又自恋的老师.

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An dwarf druid claims that a nearby mountain will soon erupt for the first time.

组织?)矮人德鲁伊声称一座附近的山脉很快将要进行第一次喷发.

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There is a dwarf apple tree in our garden.

在我们的花园里有一棵矮苹果树.

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There the dwarf lay, snapping his fingers with gestures of defiance and contempt.

矮子依旧躺在那里, 鄙夷地不屑地弹动他的手指头发出响声.

辞典例句

The blossom of one azure dwarf iris reflects the summer sky present only in my imagination.

一棵天蓝色鸢尾花映现出只在我想象中才有的夏日的天空.

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The Dwarf Campbells Russian Hamster has a plump rounded body and expandable cheek pouches.

他们的身体浑圆滚胖,颊部有可扩大的囊袋.

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He looked around and spotted Garfield the Dwarf.

他四下看了看,认出了矮子加菲尔德.

辞典例句

Silly Dwarf, if it's quests you want, go to Elwynn Forest.

愚蠢的矮人, 如果他的任务也是你想要的, 去爱尔文森林吧.

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Their son is a dwarf.

他们的儿子是小矮人.

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He is a dwarf.

他是一个矮子.

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Their second son a dwarf.

他们第二个儿子是个株儒.

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While he was yet in unspeakable agonies, the dwarf renewed their conversation.

他还没来得及摆脱这种难言的痛苦时, 矮子便又恢复了他们的谈话.

辞典例句

He was no longer a dwarf.

他不再是个侏儒.

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A dwarf going upstairs getting higher step by step.

矮子上楼梯,步步登高.

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