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

• 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。
• 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。
• The current Chinese military spending is dwarfed by what the US alone spends annually.
  目前中国军费开销比起美国每年的开销真是相形见绌。
• 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。
• Nowadays, direct trade and payments across the exchanges are dwarfed by vastly greater capital flows.
  当今，在庞大得多的资本流面前，跨汇率的直接交易和支付相形见绌。
• Five years ago the New York Stock Exchange dwarfed London and Hong Kong.
  五年前，纽交所使得伦敦交易所和香港联合交易所相形见绌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。