n.[C]

1. 矮子；侏儒
   There are some children who remain as dwarfs because they lack a particular hormone.

   有些孩子一直長不高，因為他們身上缺少一種特殊的荷爾蒙。

2. 矮小的動物（或植物）

a.

1. 矮小的；發育不全的
   a dwarf tree

   矮樹

2. 矮種的
   dwarf breeds of dog

   矮種狗

vt.

1. 使矮小
2. 使顯得矮小
   The new building dwarfs all the other buildings in the town.

   新大樓使城裡所有其他建築物都顯得矮小了。

3. 阻礙……的生長
   Malnutrition dwarfed the child.

   營養不良阻礙了孩子的生長發育。

vi.

1. 變矮小；萎縮
2. 發育不全

n.

1. a member of a mythical race of short, stocky human-like creatures, skilled in mining and metalworking.
2. an abnormally small person.
   ▸ [as modifier] denoting an animal or plant that is much smaller than is usual for its type or species.
3. (also dwarf star) Astronomy  a star of relatively small size and low luminosity.

v.