名詞 dwarf:

1. a person who is markedly small
   同義詞：midget, nanus
2. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
   同義詞：gnome

動詞 dwarf:

1. make appear small by comparison
   同義詞：shadow, overshadow
2. check the growth of

1. A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously portrayed as a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives in caves, in the hills, or under bridges.
   巨人，巨怪斯堪的那維亞民間傳說中的超自然的生物，時而被描述成友好的或頑皮的侏儒，時而被描述成巨人，居住在山洞里、小山上或橋下
2. There is a dwarf apple tree in our garden.
   在我們的花園里有一棵矮蘋果樹。
3. The kind dwarf asked the little princess to have dinner with him.
   善良的小矮人邀請小公主和他一起吃晚飯。

dwarf

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 dwarfs 或 dwarves [dwôrvz]

An abnormally small person, often having limbs and features not properly proportioned or formed.
侏儒：發(fā)育不正常身材矮小的人，常表現(xiàn)出四肢比例不協(xié)調(diào)
An atypically small animal or plant.
矮小生物：不正常矮小的動物或植物
A small creature resembling a human being, often ugly, appearing in legends and fairy tales.
丑矮子：一種多半丑陋似人形的生物，多出現(xiàn)在傳說或童話中
A dwarf star.
矮星
n.attributive.（定語名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用于修飾另一名詞：
例句：
a dwarf tree; dwarf shrubbery.
一株矮樹；矮灌木叢

v.（動詞）
dwarfed,dwarf.ing,dwarfs
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To check the natural growth or development of; stunt:
停止發(fā)育：中止自然生長和發(fā)展；發(fā)育不全：
例句：
.The oaks were dwarfed from lack of moisture.(John Steinbeck)
.因缺乏水分，櫟樹停止生長.(約翰·斯坦貝克)

To cause to appear small by comparison:
使顯矮?。和ㄟ^比較使顯得矮小：
例句：
.Together these two big men dwarfed the tiny Broadway office.(Saul Bellow)
.兩位彪形大漢擠得這百老匯街的辦公室更顯矮小.(索爾·貝洛)

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To become stunted or grow smaller.
變矮：發(fā)育不全而變得矮小或侏儒

來源：
Middle English dwerf
中古英語 dwerf
from Old English dweorh
源自 古英語 dweorh

【引伸】
dwarf.ish
adj.（形容詞）
dwarf.ishness
n.（名詞）