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

• The well-fed don't know how the starving suffer.
  饱汉不知饿汉饥。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I am starving! I can eat anything that is edible now.
  我太饿了！什么能吃的我现在都吃得下。
• Mom, I'm starving. What's for lunch?
  妈妈，我饿死了。午饭吃什么？
• Apart from anything else I was starving.
  别的不说，我饿坏了。
• B: As a matter of fact, I am starving.
  事实上，我饿极了。
• 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。
• Aren't you hungry? I am starving!
  你饿了吗？我饿得发慌！