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famish + noun
及物用法，后接名词或代词。
The siege famished the city's inhabitants.
围城使城市居民挨饿。
使挨饿；使饿死；以饥饿迫使
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使挨饿；使饿死；以饥饿迫使
To make someone very hungry or to cause them to suffer or die by depriving them of food or other necessities; to force or subdue through starvation.
The siege famished the city's inhabitants.
围城使城市居民挨饿。
因饥饿耗尽体力或耐力；使非常饥饿
To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.
通过剥夺或拒绝任何必需品而杀死或使遭受巨大痛苦
To kill, or to cause great suffering to, by depriving or denying anything necessary.
用饥荒迫使、控制或约束
To force, control, or constrain by famine.
死于饥饿；饿死
To die of hunger; to starve to death.
famish
Base
原形
famishes
3rd person
第三人称单数
famishing
-ing
现在分词
famished
Past
过去式
famished
Past participle
过去分词
They famish without food.
他们没有食物而挨饿。
The famine famished many people.
饥荒使许多人挨饿。
The survivors are famishing.
幸存者们正在挨饿。
规则动词，意为“使挨饿；饥饿”，主谓一致时加-s，过去式加-ed。
The prolonged drought famished the entire region, leaving crops withered and livestock dead.
长期的干旱使整个地区陷入饥荒，庄稼枯萎，牲畜死亡。
Without food for three days, the stranded hikers began to famish slowly in the wilderness.
在没有食物的三天里，被困的徒步者在荒野中开始慢慢挨饿。
The rescued puppy looked so famished that it devoured the entire bowl of kibble in seconds.
被救的小狗看起来饿极了，几秒钟就吞下了一整碗狗粮。
及物用法，后接名词或代词。
The siege famished the city's inhabitants.
围城使城市居民挨饿。
不及物用法，表示挨饿。
During the famine, many people famished.
饥荒期间，许多人挨饿。
过去分词作形容词，表示极度饥饿，是更常见的用法。
After the long hike, we were famished.
长途徒步后，我们饿极了。
Not this
I am famish.
Use this
I am famished.
“famish”是动词，表示“使挨饿”；表达“我很饿”的状态应用过去分词形式“famished”作形容词。
Not this
The country suffered from a severe famish.
Use this
The country suffered from a severe famine.
“famish”是动词，不可用作名词；表示“饥荒”的名词应是“famine”。
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