Word
famish
使挨饿;使饿死;以饥饿迫使
核心释义
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.
- 1.
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.
- 2.
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.
- 3.
用饥荒迫使、控制或约束
To force, control, or constrain by famine.
- 4.
死于饥饿;饿死
To die of hunger; to starve to death.
- 5.
忍受极度饥渴,以致筋疲力尽或几乎死去
To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to nearly perish.
- 6.
因缺乏任何基本或必需的东西而遭受极端痛苦
To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
饿死;挨饿;极度缺乏;因饥饿耗尽体力或耐力;使非常饥饿;通过剥夺或拒绝任何必需品而杀死或使遭受巨大痛苦;用饥荒迫使、控制或约束;死于饥饿;饿死
用法In use
The prolonged drought famished the entire region, leaving crops withered and livestock dead.
用法提示:这里“famished”作为及物动词,表示“使…挨饿”,主语是干旱,宾语是地区。
Without food for three days, the stranded hikers began to famish slowly in the wilderness.
用法提示:这里“famish”作为不及物动词,表示“挨饿”,描述主语自身经历饥饿。
The rescued puppy looked so famished that it devoured the entire bowl of kibble in seconds.
用法提示:这里“famished”是过去分词作形容词,描述极度饥饿的状态。
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。
famish (intransitive)
不及物用法,表示挨饿。
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