starving

英 [ˈstɑːvɪŋ]

美 [ˈstɑːrvɪŋ]

adj.  饿极了的;饿得慌的
v.  (使)挨饿，饿死; 缺乏…的; 急需…的
starve的现在分词

现在分词：starving　

BNC.8523 / COCA.8605

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 饿极了的;饿得慌的
  If you say that you arestarving, you mean that you are very hungry.
  1. Apart from anything else I was starving.
     别的不说，我饿坏了。

英英释义

noun

• the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
  1. the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender
  2. they were charged with the starvation of children in their care
  Synonym:starvation

adj

• suffering from lack of food
  Synonym:starved

双语例句

• The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them
  其结果就是破坏食物链，使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。
• A number of the prisoners we saw are starving
  我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。
• I am starving! I can eat anything that is edible now.
  我太饿了！什么能吃的我现在都吃得下。
• Starving dogs feasted on the human corpses.
  饿狗贪婪地啃食着人的尸体。
• Mom, I'm starving. What's for lunch?
  妈妈，我饿死了。午饭吃什么？
• The well-fed don't know how the starving suffer.
  饱汉不知饿汉饥。
• People are starving to death.
  人们就要饿死了。
• Now he's dead and she's starving.
  现在他死了，而她正饿着。
• B: As a matter of fact, I am starving.
  事实上，我饿极了。
• I am hungry; indeed, I am almost starving.
  我饿了；我简直要饿死了。