"dwarfs" in Chinese (Simplified)
侏儒使相形见绌
Definition
“dwarf”的复数:故事中的小型神话人物,或指身材较矮的人。还可作动词,指使某物显得更小或不重要。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
名词常用于故事和幻想类文学。作动词,多为比喻用法,如“高楼使其他建筑相形见绌”。标准复数为“dwarfs”,但在奇幻文学中也有“dwarves”用法(如托尔金小说)。
Examples
There are seven dwarfs in the famous fairy tale.
著名童话里有七个**侏儒**。
In some stories, dwarfs live underground and mine for gold.
在一些故事里,**侏儒**住在地下挖金子。
Scientists discovered that the stars called white dwarfs are very dense.
科学家发现,被称为白色**矮星**的恒星非常致密。
That tree dwarfs all the others in the park.
那棵树**使**公园里其他树都显得很小。
His achievements dwarf everything else I've seen.
他的成就**让**我见过的其他一切都相形见绌。
Compared to the mountain, the houses below were completely dwarfed.
和山相比,山下的房子完全被**衬得很小**。