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 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。
• Pictures of starving children have sent many people scurrying to donate money.
  看到一张张忍饥挨饿的孩子们的照片，许多人赶忙捐钱。
• Is the dinner ready? I am starving.
  晚饭好了没有？我快饿死了。
• I am hungry; indeed, I am almost starving.
  我饿了；我简直要饿死了。
• Apart from anything else I was starving.
  别的不说，我饿坏了。
• Now he's dead and she's starving.
  现在他死了，而她正饿着。
• 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。
• 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。
• She's starving herself trying to lose weight.
  她让自己挨饿试图减肥。