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

• 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。
• Our little dinghy was dwarfed by the big yacht.
  我们的小船跟大游艇一比显得很小。
• Large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber.
  亚洲热带一种高大的树，经常截矮成室内盆栽植物，；是阿萨姆邦橡胶的来源。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• On sheer size, subprime securities are dwarfed by other asset classes, such as equities.
  从绝对规模上看，与股票等其它资产类别相比，次级抵押贷款证券的规模相形见绌。
• 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。
• He dwarfed all his rivals in every event of the competition.
  他使所有他的对手在每一个竞争场合相形见绌。