英语词汇“starve”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

starvestarve /stɑrv/ ●●○ S3 verb

ETYMOLOGYstarve

Origin: Old English steorfan to die

VERB TABLE

starve

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	starve
	he, she, it	starves
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	starved
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have starved
	he, she, it	has starved
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had starved
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will starve
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have starved

Continuous Form
Present	I	am starving
	he, she, it	is starving
	you, we, they	are starving
Past	I, he, she, it	was starving
	you, we, they	were starving
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been starving
	he, she, it	has been starving
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been starving
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be starving
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been starving

COLLOCATIONS► starved to death

Thousands of refugees starved to death.

► starve ... into submission

The navy thought they could starve the enemy into submission through a blockade.

1[intransitive] to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat: The world cannot stand by while these people starve. Thousands of refugees starved to death.2[transitive] to prevent someone from having enough food to live: The poor dogs had been starved.3[intransitive, transitive] to not give or not be given something very important such as love or money, with harmful results: starve (somebody) for something The children were starved for affection.be starved of something schools that are starved of resources4be starving (also be starved) spoken to be very hungry: I’m starving! When do we eat?5starve yourself to not eat enough food, especially in order to become thin6starve somebody into (doing) something to force someone to do something by preventing him or her from getting food or money: The navy thought they could starve the enemy into submission through a blockade. [Origin: Old English steorfan to die]starve somebody out phrasal verb to force someone to leave a place by preventing him or her from getting food: The government tried to starve out the rebels.