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？
• 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。
• A number of the prisoners we saw are starving
  我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。
• 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！
• 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。
• B: As a matter of fact, I am starving.
  事实上，我饿极了。
• The well-fed don't know how the starving suffer.
  饱汉不知饿汉饥。
• What's the honor when starving to death?
  饿死了有什么荣誉？
• Now he's dead and she's starving.
  现在他死了，而她正饿着。
• She's starving herself trying to lose weight.
  她让自己挨饿试图减肥。