| 释义 |
starvestarve /stɑrv / verb [intransitive, transitive] to suffer very badly or die from being hungry; to make someone or something suffer or die in this way（使）饥饿，挨饿，饿死◆Millions of people are starving in the poorer countries of the world.世界上的贫困国家里有数百万人在忍饥挨饿。◆That winter many animals starved to death.那年冬天很多动物饿死了。◆You need to eat more – you're starving yourself.你要多吃点，别饿着自己。 ●be starved for / of sthto suffer because you are not getting enough of something that you need得不到；缺乏◆The children had been starved of love for years.那些孩子多年来缺少关爱。●be starving●be starved (informal) to be extremely hungry饿得要死；饿得很◆When will dinner be ready? I'm starving!晚饭什么时候好？我快饿死了！ |