starve的意思

基本释义

• v 挨饿；饿死

  to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat

例句

1. Thousands of people will starve if food doesn’t reach the city.

   如果食品不能运到那座城市，成千上万的人就要饿死。

2. pictures of starving children

   饥饿儿童的照片

3. They’ll either die from the cold or starve to death (= die from lack of food ) .

   他们要么会冻死，要么会饿死。

短语

• starve to death 饿死
• starve for 渴望；急需

近义词

同根词