Word · Frequency #20977
starved
饿得消瘦的；饿坏的
核心释义
approaching starvation; emaciated and malnourished
- 1.
濒临饿死的:消瘦且营养不良的。
Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
- 2.
匮乏的:缺乏营养或关键事物的。
Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.
缺乏…的；急需…的；濒临饿死的:消瘦且营养不良的。；匮乏的:缺乏营养或关键事物的。；(等于starving)饥饿的
用法In use
After the long hike, we were absolutely starved and ate everything in the fridge.
用法提示：形容词“starved”作表语，表示“非常饿的”，描述人的状态。
The rescue team found the starved puppies trembling in the abandoned house.
用法提示：形容词“starved”作定语修饰“puppies”，表示“饿得消瘦的”。
She felt starved for companionship after months of working alone.
用法提示：“starved for”表示“极度缺乏、渴望”，此处作表语说明情感需求。
be starved
表示非常饥饿。
After the long hike, we were absolutely starved.
长途徒步后，我们饿极了。
be starved of sth
表示缺乏某物。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- starved for attention
- 渴望关注的；缺乏关注的
- The child is starved for attention at home.这个孩子在家里缺乏关注。
- starved of resources
- 资源匮乏的
- The hospital is starved of resources.这家医院资源匮乏。
- half-starved
- 饿得半死的；非常饥饿的
- The rescued dog was half-starved.获救的狗饿得半死。
- starved look
- 饥饿憔悴的样子
- She had a starved look after days without food.她几天没吃东西，一脸饥饿憔悴。
- attention-starved
- 渴望被关注的
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
饿到眼冒金星（star像星星），starved就是饿坏了、饿得瘦弱不堪的样子。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、news reports、literary descriptions 该词作形容词时，多用于正式或书面语，表示“濒临饿死的、消瘦的”，或用于“be starved of”结构表示“缺乏……”。口语中表示“非常饿”时通常较少用这个词形，而更常说“starving”。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
carved rhymes with starved (both /ɑ:vd/). staved, craved, and saved are spelling lookalikes but use /eɪvd/, not /ɑ:vd/. starred sounds like /stɑ:d/ and loses the /v/. starve is the base verb without the final /d/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.