单词 | famine |
释义 | famine /fam"in/, 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. [1325-75; ME < MF, deriv. of faim hunger ( < L fames); see -INE2] Syn. 2. dearth, paucity, poverty, meagerness, scantness. |
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