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

• People are starving to death.
  人们就要饿死了。
• The starving children made a raid on the kitchen and took all the cakes.
  饥饿的孩子对厨房发动了一次袭击，偷走了所有的蛋糕。
• I was so starving that I wolfed down a big bowl of rice.
  我简直饿坏了，狼吞虎咽地吃了一大碗米饭。
• I am hungry; indeed, I am almost starving.
  我饿了；我简直要饿死了。
• Too starving to wait for dinner?
  太饿了，等不到上菜了？
• 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。
• Judy decided I was starving myself.
  朱迪认定我在让自己挨饿。
• 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。
• The well-fed don't know how the starving suffer.
  饱汉不知饿汉饥。
• A number of the prisoners we saw are starving
  我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。