starve

/stɑːv/ v.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

挨饿;饿死;使挨饿

释义与例句

v. 挨饿;饿死;使挨饿
to suffer or die because you do not have enough food; to not give enough food to someone
  1. Millions of people starve in poor countries every year.
    每年有数百万穷人在贫困国家挨饿。
  2. If we don't eat soon, we'll starve.
    如果我们不马上吃东西,就会挨饿。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. The cruel king starved his prisoners.
    那个残忍的国王让囚犯挨饿。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 starve 谐音“死大胃”——胃大却没饭吃,只能饿死、挨饿。

词族与关联词

词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
  • starvation 饥饿;饿死
    starve 的名词形式,如 die of starvation(饿死)。
  • starving 饥饿的
    starve 的现在分词作形容词,口语中常表示“非常饿”。
同义词
  • famish 使挨饿;饥饿
    famish 较书面,多用于被动语态 be famished;starve 更常用,强调饥饿致死。
    The refugees were famished after days without food. 难民们几天没吃东西后饿得奄奄一息。
反义词
  • feed 喂养;喂食
    feed 指给食物、喂养,与 starve 的“挨饿、不给食物”相反。
    She feeds the baby three times a day. 她每天喂宝宝三次。
常见搭配
  • starve to death 饿死
    Many animals starve to death in winter. 许多动物在冬天饿死。
  • be starving 饿极了
    I'm starving — let's get something to eat. 我饿坏了——我们吃点东西吧。
  • starve sb of sth 使某人缺乏某物
    Children starved of love often have problems later in life. 缺乏关爱的孩子在以后的生活中常有问题。