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单词 dwarf
释义

dwarf /dwörf/

noun (pl dwarfs or (rare) dwarves)
  1. An abnormally small person, esp (in general but non-technical usage) a person with abnormally short limbs but normal body and head
  2. A small manlike being, esp a metalworker (folklore)
  3. An animal or plant much below the ordinary height
  4. Anything very small of its kind
  5. A small star of high density and low luminosity (white dwarf, red dwarf, brown dwarf, etc according to strength of light emitted)
adjective
  1. Dwarfed
  2. Dwarfish
  3. Very small
transitive verb
  1. To hinder from growing
  2. To make to appear small
intransitive verb

To become dwarfed

ORIGIN: OE dweorg; Du dwerg, ON dverg, Ger Zwerg

dwarfed adjective

dwarfˈish adjective

  1. Like a dwarf
  2. Very small
  3. Despicable

dwarfˈishly adverb

dwarfˈishness noun

dwarfˈism noun

Condition of being a dwarf

dwarfed tree noun

Bonsai

dwarf planet noun (astronomy)

A body in orbit round the sun, more developed than an asteroid but lacking the gravitational pull of a planet

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