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

• The house is dwarfed by the new office buildings.
  与新办公楼相比这房子显得很矮小。
• 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。
• Subsidies to green energy are dwarfed by those to the polluting stuff.
  给予绿色能源的补贴，与对造成污染的行业的补贴相形见绌。
• 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。
• Whatever time saved is dwarfed by that loss.
  不管节省了多少时间，都弥补不了这样的损失。
• 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 old cathedral is dwarfed by the skyscrapers that surround it.
  那栋古老的大教堂使环绕它的摩天大楼相形见绌。
• 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。
• Our little dinghy was dwarfed by the big yacht.
  我们的小船跟大游艇一比显得很小。