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starve to death
During the famine, many people starved to death.
饥荒期间，许多人饿死了。
饿死；挨饿
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饿死；挨饿
to die or suffer severely because there is not enough food
During the famine, many people starved to death.
饥荒期间，许多人饿死了。
饿死
To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
挨饿,饿得难受
To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating.
很饿,饿极了
To be very hungry.
使饿死,用饥饿杀死(或企图杀死)
To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.
starve
Base
原形
starves
3rd person
第三人称单数
starving
-ing
现在分词
starved
Past
过去式
starved
Past participle
过去分词
Many people starve in poverty.
许多人在贫困中挨饿。
The cat is starving because we forgot to feed it.
猫正在挨饿，因为我们忘了喂它。
They starved during the war.
他们在战争期间挨饿了。
规则动词，过去式/过去分词加-ed
I skipped lunch today, and now I'm absolutely starving.
我今天没吃午饭，现在饿极了。
By the time we got home from the hike, we were all starving.
我们徒步回到家时，大家都饿坏了。
The children are always starving when they get home from school.
孩子们放学回到家时总是饿得不行。
During the famine, many people starved to death.
饥荒期间，许多人饿死了。
The kidnappers starved their hostages.
绑架者使人质挨饿。
非正式用法，表示非常饿。
I haven't eaten all day; I'm starving.
我一整天没吃东西，饿坏了。
The blockade starved the city of supplies.
封锁使该城物资匮乏。
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饿死
Many people starved to death during the famine.
许多人在饥荒中饿死。
节食；绝食
She starves herself to stay thin.
她为了保持苗条而节食。
非常饥饿
I'm starving after the long hike.
长途徒步后我饿坏了。
渴望
The orphan starved for affection.
这个孤儿渴望关爱。
以饥饿迫使（屈服）
The rebels were starved out of the city.
叛乱者因断粮而被迫撤出该城。
渴望，迫切需要
After years of isolation, he starved for human connection.
经过多年的孤立，他渴望与人交往。
缺乏，没有……而受苦
The project is starving of funds and may have to be cancelled.
这个项目缺乏资金，可能不得不取消。
以饥饿迫使……投降
The rebels tried to starve out the government forces by cutting off their supply lines.
叛军试图切断政府军的补给线，用饥饿迫使他们就范。
Use starve naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一颗星星在挨饿，星星饿得发不出光。
starve 常用于口语夸张表示“饿极了”，属非正式用法；在描述饥饿致死等客观事实时则较中性，多用于历史叙述或新闻报道。
Among these, only 'carve' (/kɑːrv/) rhymes with 'starve' (/stɑːrv/) in American English. The others share the initial 'st-' or 'star-' spelling but have different vowel or ending sounds: 'stare' has /ɛr/ vs /ɑːr/, 'start' adds /t/, 'stark' adds /k/, and 'star' lacks the /v/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.