a/an + nanus
用于指代身材矮小的人，带医学或古旧色彩。
He was a nanus, barely four feet tall.
他是一个侏儒，身高不到四英尺。
矮子；侏儒
植物矮病毒属
a person who is markedly small; a dwarf
植物矮病毒属
n a person who is markedly small
The nanus in the garden was much smaller than the other plants.
花园里的矮病毒属植物比其他植物小得多。
用法提示：这里的'nanus'指的是一种显著较小的植物。
He was often teased for being a nanus among his peers.
他常常因为在同龄人中显得矮小而被嘲笑。
用法提示：这里的'nanus'指的是一个显著较小的人。
The nanus stood out in the crowd due to his small stature.
由于身材矮小，这个矮小的人在人群中显得很突出。
用法提示：这里的'nanus'指的是一个显著较小的人。
用于指代身材矮小的人，带医学或古旧色彩。
He was a nanus, barely four feet tall.
他是一个侏儒，身高不到四英尺。
在病毒学中，Nanus 是植物矮病毒属的学名。
The laboratory isolated a Nanus virus from the plant.
实验室从该植物中分离出一种植物矮病毒。
Nanus在英语中可指身材矮小的人（同dwarf），但医学上指植物矮病毒属；dwarf则仅指矮小的生物或神话人物，不用于病毒命名。
Nanus指矮小的人（正式或医学术语），而midget常带贬义或特指比例匀称的矮子，用于非正式场合。
Nanus与nano-发音相似，但nano-是表示十亿分之一的科学前缀，而Nanus是名词。
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