starving

英 [ˈstɑːvɪŋ]

美 [ˈstɑːrvɪŋ]

adj.  饿极了的;饿得慌的
v.  (使)挨饿，饿死; 缺乏…的; 急需…的
starve的现在分词

现在分词：starving　

BNC.8523 / COCA.8605

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 饿极了的;饿得慌的
  If you say that you arestarving, you mean that you are very hungry.
  1. Apart from anything else I was starving.
     别的不说，我饿坏了。

英英释义

noun

• the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
  1. the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender
  2. they were charged with the starvation of children in their care
  Synonym:starvation

adj

• suffering from lack of food
  Synonym:starved

双语例句

• Apart from anything else I was starving.
  别的不说，我饿坏了。
• Count me in for dinner, I'm starving!
  晚饭我也吃，我都快饿死了。
• The well-fed don't know how the starving suffer.
  饱汉不知饿汉饥。
• I am starving! I can eat anything that is edible now.
  我太饿了！什么能吃的我现在都吃得下。
• What's the honor when starving to death?
  饿死了有什么荣誉？
• Getting food to starving people does nothing to stop the war.
  为挨饿的人们提供食物对制止战争毫无帮助。
• Starving dogs feasted on the human corpses.
  饿狗贪婪地啃食着人的尸体。
• Pictures of starving children have sent many people scurrying to donate money.
  看到一张张忍饥挨饿的孩子们的照片，许多人赶忙捐钱。
• Her heart ached for the starving refugees.
  她从心里怜悯这些忍饥挨饿的难民们。
• A number of the prisoners we saw are starving
  我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。