starve

starvestarveD.J.:[stɑ:v]K.K.:[stɑrv]vt. & vi.1.(使)挨饿, 饥饿Because there is no food, the people are starving.由于没有食品, 所以人们在挨饿。She's starving herself, trying to lose weight.她在饿肚子减肥。I'm starved very much now because I have had nothing at all today.我现在饿极了, 因为我今天什么也没吃。

starve[stɑ:v]vi.1.挨饿,饥饿;饿得难受:Have you got any food in your house? I'm starving!我饿坏了,你家有什么吃的吗?2.饿死:Many people starved to death in the famine.许多人饿死于此次饥荒。3.渴望,迫切希望(常与for连用):He starved for meeting her once again.他渴望能再见她一面。The child was starving for affection.小孩子渴望着父母的慈爱。4.经受极端贫困:Having survived starvation , we're beginning to live happily.经过了赤贫之后,我们开始了幸福的生活。5.[主英国方言、古语]挨冻;冻死6.[废语]死亡vt.1.使饥饿;使饿死:Many children in the orphanage were starved often.孤儿院中的孩子们常常挨饿。2.(以饥饿)迫使,强迫:to starve a besieged garrison into surrender以饥饿迫使被围守军投降3.使极度缺乏,使急需;使渴望:to starve others' comprehension渴望他人的理解He died of starving oxygen but not from gunfire.他死于缺氧窒息而非枪击。4.用饥饿法治疗(疾病):to starve someone for his excessive appetite以饥饿疗法治疗贪食症5.用切断火源的方法扑灭(火)6.[英国方言、古语]使挨冻;使冻死近义词hungry变形vi.starvedstarving

starvestarve[stɑ:v]vi.1.饥饿; 饿死; 绝食2.渴望3.因缺油而磨损[停车]starve to death饿死starve for news渴望消息What's for dinner? I'm -ving!晚饭吃什么? 我饿死了!
词性变化starve[stɑ:v]vt.1.(使)饿死; 使饥饿2.(使)冻死3.使渴望4.使极度缺乏5.使...因缺油而磨损[停车]starve a dog to death使狗饿死They tried to starve the army into surrender.他们试图使守军因饥饿而投降。

继承用法starvedlyadv.starvern.
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