| 单词 | starve |
| 释义 | starve (once / 206 pages) v The verb starve means suffering or death caused by a lack of food, though people also use it as a dramatic way to say they are hungry, as in, "If we don't start cooking dinner now, I think I'll starve." The word starve has origins in the Old English word steorfan, meaning “to die.” It is true that if you don't eat for a period of time, you could starve, meaning die from hunger. Today, starve is also used to describe less severe limitations on food, such as when you tell your friend, "I have to go to lunch now. I'm starving." This is a way of describing discomfort caused by hunger. WORD FAMILYstarve: starvation, starved, starves, starving+/starvation: starvations/starved: starveder, starvedly/starving: starvingly, starvings USAGE EXAMPLESThe pre-shelter story of Lizzy — starved, abused, locked outside — raises some of the biggest questions and perhaps answers them, too. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) “We never got an official notice, but two people that escaped from there said that he starved to death there,” Raney said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) “We then jumped at the opportunity as the kids were starving. The mac and cheese was phenomenal,” Rosen reported in an email. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) 1v die of food deprivation The political prisoners starved to death Syn|Hyper famish buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life 2v be hungry; go without food Let's eat--I'm starving! Syn|Ant|Hyper famish, hunger be full be sated, have enough to eat hurt, suffer feel pain or be in pain 3v deprive of a necessity and cause suffering he is starving her of love The engine was starved of fuel Syn|Hyper famish deprive of food deprive keep from having, keeping, or obtaining 4v deprive of food They starved the prisoners Syn|Ant|Hyper famish feed, give give food to deprive keep from having, keeping, or obtaining 5v have a craving, appetite, or great desire for Syn|Hyper crave, hunger, lust, thirst desire, want feel or have a desire for; want strongly |
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