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

• B: As a matter of fact, I am starving.
  事实上，我饿极了。
• Now he's dead and she's starving.
  现在他死了，而她正饿着。
• Is the dinner ready? I am starving.
  晚饭好了没有？我快饿死了。
• What's for dinner? I'm starving!
  晚饭吃什么？我饿死了！
• People are starving to death.
  人们就要饿死了。
• Her heart ached for the starving refugees.
  她从心里怜悯这些忍饥挨饿的难民们。
• 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！
• She's starving herself trying to lose weight.
  她让自己挨饿试图减肥。
• 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。