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

• 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。
• Aren't you hungry? I am starving!
  你饿了吗？我饿得发慌！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• Starving dogs feasted on the human corpses.
  饿狗贪婪地啃食着人的尸体。
• Too starving to wait for dinner?
  太饿了，等不到上菜了？
• People are starving to death.
  人们就要饿死了。