| 单词 | great famine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreat Famine Great Famine n. the famine in Ireland which began in 1845 and lasted several years, caused by successive failures of the potato crop; cf. potato famine n. at potato n. Compounds 2, Great Hunger n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > scarcity of food or famine > of specific food or crop potato failure1845 potato famine1846 Great Famine1849 Great Hunger1910 1849 Times 4 Jan. 4/2 In 1847, the session after the great famine, the Irish Poor Law..was clothed with some substance, and made a veritable and efficient measure. 1851 A. Nicholson Ann. Famine in Ireland Introd. p. 4 Her first work..narrates her travels and observations prior to the Great Famine of 1847. 1896 W. P. O'Brien Great Famine in Ireland i. 1 In the future annals of Ireland..1845..will in all time to come..be remembered as the commencement of the Great Famine. 1982 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 19 Nov. 1 Lagan's 11- and 12-year-olds, who submitted a project on the Great Famine, coolly walked off with first prize. 2003 S. Derkins Irish Republican Army i. 8 By the time the Great Famine ended, more than one million Irish people had died from starvation. < as lemmas |
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