dwarf
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
Đồng nghĩa: dwarfin, dwarrow
- 2.
(offensive, sometimes)(now sometimes offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
Đồng nghĩa: elf, midget, pygmy
- 3.
An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
dwarf tree
dwarf honeysuckle
Đồng nghĩa: runt
- 4.
(astronomy) A dwarf star.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(especially)(especially in botany) Miniature.
The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.
It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
Đồng nghĩa: miniaturize, shrink
- 2.
(transitive)To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.
The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.
- 3.
(transitive)To make appear insignificant.
Bach dwarfs all other composers.
Đồng nghĩa: eclipse, overshadow, outshadow, outshine, outdo, put to shame, upstage, surpass, outmatch, outstrip
- 4.
(intransitive)To become (much) smaller.
Đồng nghĩa: shrink
- 5.
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
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From Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, from *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.