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

• B: As a matter of fact, I am starving.
  事实上，我饿极了。
• 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！
• Mom, I'm starving. What's for lunch?
  妈妈，我饿死了。午饭吃什么？
• Is the dinner ready? I am starving.
  晚饭好了没有？我快饿死了。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• The well-fed don't know how the starving suffer.
  饱汉不知饿汉饥。
• What's for dinner? I'm starving!
  晚饭吃什么？我饿死了！
• Her heart ached for the starving refugees.
  她从心里怜悯这些忍饥挨饿的难民们。