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

• The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them
  其结果就是破坏食物链，使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。
• Is the dinner ready? I am starving.
  晚饭好了没有？我快饿死了。
• What's for dinner? I'm starving!
  晚饭吃什么？我饿死了！
• A number of the prisoners we saw are starving
  我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。
• Not that Londoners are starving: the United Kingdom has plenty of lamb and beef, potatoes and carrots.
  不是英国人挨饿了，英国有大量的牛肉和羊肉，土豆和胡萝卜等等。
• I am hungry; indeed, I am almost starving.
  我饿了；我简直要饿死了。
• Mom, I'm starving. What's for lunch?
  妈妈，我饿死了。午饭吃什么？
• The well-fed don't know how the starving suffer.
  饱汉不知饿汉饥。
• She's starving herself trying to lose weight.
  她让自己挨饿试图减肥。
• Daming: Can we have something to eat now? I'm starving!
  大明：我们现在可以吃点东西吗？我饿死了！