famished

英 [ˈfæmɪʃt]

美 [ˈfæmɪʃt]

adj.  很饿
v.  使极度饥饿; 使挨饿; 极度饥饿
famish的过去分词和过去式

BNC.33803 / COCA.23524

牛津词典

adj.

• 很饿
  very hungry
  1. When's lunch? I'm famished!
     什么时候吃午饭？我饿得要死了！

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 饿扁的;饿极的
  If you arefamished, you are very hungry.
  1. Isn't dinner ready? I'm famished.
     饭好了吗？我都饿坏了。

英英释义

adj

• extremely hungry
  1. they were tired and famished for food and sleep
  2. a ravenous boy
  3. the family was starved and ragged
  4. fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
  Synonym:ravenoussharp-setstarvedesurient

双语例句

• When that mine eye is famished for a look.
  当眼儿渴望要一见你的尊容。
• The child looked half famished.
  那孩子看来很饿了。
• The aim was to provide cheap nourishment for a famished nation.
  其目的是为战后饥饿的日本提供廉价的营养。
• He must be absolutely famished.
  他一定饿坏了。
• Famished ( or hungry) wolves were howling in the wilds.
  饿狼在野外哀嚎。
• The cannon will warn every one to refuse shelter to a man wandering about naked and famished.
  他们会鸣炮向每一个沿海居民警告，叫他们不要庇护一个走投无路，赤身裸体，饥寒交迫的人。
• Does everybody here recall old Foulon, who told the famished people that they might eat grass, and who died, and went to Hell?
  这儿的人还想得起老家伙富伦吗？他曾说过挨饿的人可以吃草。他不是已经死了，进地狱了么？
• A Malaysian couple returned from vacation to find a serial burglar lying on their floor, famished, dehydrated and clasping his hands in apology.
  一对马来西亚夫妇度假归来发现一个连续作案的窃贼躺在他家的地板上，已经饿得奄奄一息、还脱水。
• Hearing the word, the man glared his eyes and said, It is because I am not willing to eat the food handed out in contempt that I have been famished to such a degree.
  那人一听这话，立即瞪着眼睛，说道：我就是因为不吃嗟来之食，才饿到这般地步的。
• As a result, we only eat when we're famished, and that's not a good time to eat, because you don't make healthy eating decisions when you're super hungry.
  而这个时候不适合进食，因为当你极度饥饿的时候，你就不会健康地进食。