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

• Unlike China, its financial system is still small relative to the economy and its banks are dwarfed by many of their international peers, in spite of their vast potential market in India and overseas.
  但与中国不同的是，相对于经济规模而言，印度金融体系的规模仍较小，同时印度的银行也与国际同行存在差距，尽管它们在国内和海外都有巨大的潜在市场。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She had short gray hair, a warm, weathered face and big round glasses that dwarfed dark eyes.
  她梳着短短的灰发，有一张和蔼而饱经风霜的脸，圆圆的大眼镜遮住一双黑眼睛。
• Commodities have rebounded, but this is dwarfed by the rebound in commodity-based equities.
  大宗商品价格反弹了，但其反弹幅度远远比不上大宗商品类股票。
• Built low to the ground, the capital is becoming dwarfed by the condominiums around and outside it.
  首都的建筑都很低矮，四周和外围的公寓楼日益凌驾其上。
• Malnutrition dwarfed the child.
  营养不良阻碍了孩子的生长发育。