首页英语词典starvestarve英英释意

starve

英[stɑːv] 美[stɑrv]
  • vi. 饿死;挨饿;渴望
  • vt. 使饿死;使挨饿

英英释意


1. be hungry; go without food;
"Let's eat--I'm starving!"
2. die of food deprivation;
"The political prisoners starved to death"
"Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
3. deprive of food;
"They starved the prisoners"
4. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
5. deprive of a necessity and cause suffering;
"he is starving her of love"
"The engine was starved of fuel"