dwarf n. 1. 矮小的动物[植物];矮生植物。 2.【北欧神话】(善做金属小工艺品的)矮神。 3.【天文学】矮星 (=dwarf star)。 adj. 矮小的。 a dwarf car 小型汽车。 vt. 使矮小,使(发育、智能等)受阻碍;使相形见绌。 dwarf all one's rivals 使所有的对手都相形见绌。 a dwarf(ed) tree 盆栽树,盆景。 vi. 变矮小。 n. -ism 1.矮小。 2.【植物;植物学】矮态;【医学】侏儒症。
Soon we were past the high lands and bowling beside low , sandy country , sparsely dotted with dwarf pines , and soon we were beyond that again , and had turned the corner of the rocky hill that ends the island on the north 不久我们就驶过了高地,在稀稀拉拉点缀有几棵低矮的小松树的沙地旁滑行。不久,我们把沙丘也抛在了后面,并且绕过了海岛最北端的一座岩石丘。