famish

GRE

英 ['fæmɪʃ] 美['fæmɪʃ]

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释义

vi. 挨饿

vt. 使挨饿

词态变化

第三人称单数: famishes;过去式: famished;过去分词: famished;现在分词: famishing;

近义词

助记提示

famish“乏米食”-----饥饿
1. famish――father迷失了，没人给我们做饭了. 使....饥饿

英文词源

famish (v.): "cause to hunger," c. 1400, famyschen, "alteration of famen (late 14c.), a shortening of Old French afamer (12c., Modern French affamer), from Vulgar Latin *affamare "to bring to hunger," from ad famem, from Latin fames "hunger" (see famine).

Ending changed mid-14c. to -ish under influence of ravish, anguish, etc. It also once had an intransitive sense and was so used by Shakespeare and Milton. Related: Famished; famishing.

双语例句

1. They are famish for food.: 他们因缺乏食物而正在挨饿.

英英释意

1. be hungry; go without food;: "Let's eat--I'm starving!"

2. deprive of food;: "They starved the prisoners"

3. die of food deprivation;: "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"

实用场景例句

They are famish for food.: 他们因缺乏食物而正在挨饿.

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