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单词 famine
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
fam•ine /ˈfæmɪn/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. extreme and general lack or scarceness of food, esp. within a large geographical area: [uncountable]widespread famine. [countable] a famine that killed thousands of people.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fam•ine  (fam′in),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
  2. any extreme and general scarcity.
  3. extreme hunger;
    starvation.
  • Latin famēs); see -ine2
  • Middle French, derivative of faim hunger (
  • Middle English 1325–75
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dearth, paucity, poverty, meagerness, scantness.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
famine /ˈfæmɪn/ n
  1. a severe shortage of food, as through crop failure or overpopulation
  2. acute shortage of anything
  3. violent hunger
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, via Vulgar Latin, from Latin famēs hunger
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