dwarf

dwarf

英 [dwɔːf]
　　美 [dwɔrf]

vi. 變矮小
　　n. 侏儒，矮子
　　vt. 使矮小
　　adj. 矮小的

中文詞源：

dwarf 矮子

可能來自PIE*dhwer, 傷害，欺騙。

例句：

1. The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.
那侏儒的長臂與他的身高不成比例.

2. A dwarf going upstairs getting higher step by step.
矮子上樓梯,步步登高.

3. He is a dwarf.
他是一個矮子.

4. 'You should have said, short as a dwarf,'returned Jacques Two.
“ 你應該說'矮得像個侏儒'的. ” 雅克二號插嘴.

5. The nova phenomenon generally occurs in a binary system that has as one member a very hot white dwarf.
新星這種現象一般發生在雙星系統中，其中一顆子星是非常熱的白矮星。