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

单词	starve
释义	starve \ˈstärv, ˈstȧv\ verb (starved ; starved ; starving ; starves) Etymology: Middle English sterven, from Old English steorfan; akin to Old Frisian sterva to die, Old High German sterban to die, Old English starian to stare — more at stare *intransitive verb* 1. obsolete : die, perish 2. a. : to perish from lack of food — often used in the phrase starve to death b. : to suffer extreme hunger < all this time the family had starved and gone ragged — Conrad Richter > 3. archaic a. : to die of cold b. : to suffer greatly from cold < my hands are starving while I write in bed — Jonathan Swift > 4. : to suffer or perish from deprivation < pupils are starving for means of expression — I.A.Richards > < his horse … almost starved for water — J.F.Dobie > < starving for lack of intellectual companionship — Robert Grant †1940 > *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : kill, destroy 2. a. : to kill with hunger b. : to deprive of nourishment < seen men starved, beaten, herded like cattle — John Fountain > c. : to cause to capitulate by or as if by depriving of nourishment < starve a person into submission > < starved him out by refusing to support his paper — W.E.Smith > d. : to attempt to cure (a disease) by restricting the diet of the affected person < feed a cold and starve a fever > 3. a. : to destroy by or cause to suffer from deprivation < starved the army of transport — F.M.Ford > < the company avoided bankruptcy by starving its depreciation reserves — M.W.Straight > b. : to suppress or extinguish (a fire) by cutting off fuel 4. archaic : to kill with cold
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