dwarves

1. [C]矮子 person, animal or plant that is much smaller than the normal
2. [C]有魔法的小矮人 creature like a very small man with magic powers

1. vt. 显得矮小; 使相形见绌 make sb/sth seem small by contrast or distance

• dwarf a little dinghy使小船显得小
• dwarf other dramatists使其他剧作家相形见绌

white dwarf[天]白矮星

dwarf star矮星

brown dwarf棕矮星；褐矮星

red dwarf红矮星（表面温度较低且亮度较弱的恒星）

1. You are a giant of words and dwarf of action.
   你是言词的巨人,行动的矮子。
2. There is a dwarf apple tree in our garden.
   在我们的花园里有一棵矮苹果树。
3. 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。
4. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。

1. 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。