dwarf
n
(pl ~s)
1 person, animal or plant that is much smaller than the normal size 矮子; 侏儒; 矮小的动物或植物
[attrib 作定语]
a dwarf conifer 矮小的针叶树.
2 (in fairy stories) creature like a very small man with magic powers (神话中的)有魔法的?quot;? dwarf, v [Tn]
1 make (sb/sth) seem small by contrast or distance 使(某人[某物])相比之下显得小
Our little dinghy was dwarfed by the big yacht. 我们的小船跟大游艇一比显得很小.
2 prevent the full growth of (sth); stunt 阻碍(某物)充分生长发育; 阻碍生长.
In this way Native Americans were forced onto poor land that the settlers did not want.
就这样,美洲土著人被赶到殖民者所不要的贫瘠的土地上去了。
Other books are for reading slowly and carefully. If it is a book on a subject that you are interested in, you will want to chew and digest it. That does not mean reading it too slowly. When you pick up a book for the first time, check that it is not to