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

• Starving dogs feasted on the human corpses.
  饿狗贪婪地啃食着人的尸体。
• A number of the prisoners we saw are starving
  我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。
• I was starving, and the food you cooked was delicious.
  我们得到了一些新鲜的食物和自己有熟。
• 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。
• She's starving herself trying to lose weight.
  她让自己挨饿试图减肥。
• It's seven twelve now, and I'm starving to death!
  已经七点十二分了，我就快饿死了！
• Have you got any bread? I'm starving!
  你有面包吗？我饿坏了！
• 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。
• Too starving to wait for dinner?
  太饿了，等不到上菜了？
• What's the honor when starving to death?
  饿死了有什么荣誉？