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

• Have you got any bread? I'm starving!
  你有面包吗？我饿坏了！
• We are starving& so let's get some food first.
  我们都饿坏了，得尽先解决吃饭问题。
• Her heart ached for the starving refugees.
  她从心里怜悯这些忍饥挨饿的难民们。
• People are starving to death.
  人们就要饿死了。
• Not that Londoners are starving: the United Kingdom has plenty of lamb and beef, potatoes and carrots.
  不是英国人挨饿了，英国有大量的牛肉和羊肉，土豆和胡萝卜等等。
• Is the dinner ready? I am starving.
  晚饭好了没有？我快饿死了。
• The starving children made a raid on the kitchen and took all the cakes.
  饥饿的孩子对厨房发动了一次袭击，偷走了所有的蛋糕。
• 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。
• Getting food to starving people does nothing to stop the war.
  为挨饿的人们提供食物对制止战争毫无帮助。
• Judy decided I was starving myself.
  朱迪认定我在让自己挨饿。