n.矮子;侏儒
vt.使矮小
vi.变小
You are a giant of words and dwarf of action. 你是言词的巨人,行动的矮子。
There is a dwarf apple tree in our garden. 在我们的花园里有一棵矮苹果树。
The kind dwarf asked the little princess to have dinner with him. 善良的小矮人邀请小公主和他一起吃晚饭。
A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees further of the two. 侏儒站在巨人肩上要比两个人看得远。
用作及物动词 (vt.)Each innovation destined to dwarf the extensive accomplishment of the Greeks-Euclidean geometry. 每一个创新都注定希腊人的巨大成就--欧几里德几何相形见绌。
As China's income per 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。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)They act out their dramas in a setting whose wilderness immensity both dwarf and ennobles whatever they achieve 他们在荒原上奠定了他们的事业,而广阔无际的天地既使他们的成就显得渺小,也显得崇高。