famish
GRE
英 ['fæmɪʃ]
美['fæmɪʃ]
释义
vi. 挨饿
vt. 使挨饿
词态变化
第三人称单数: famishes;过去式: famished;过去分词: famished;现在分词: famishing;
近义词
助记提示
famish“乏米食”-----饥饿
1. famish――father迷失了，没人给我们做饭了. 使....饥饿
英文词源
- famish (v.)
- "cause to hunger," c. 1400, famyschen, "alteration of famen (late 14c.), a shortening of Old French afamer (12c., Modern French affamer), from Vulgar Latin *affamare "to bring to hunger," from ad famem, from Latin fames "hunger" (see famine).
Ending changed mid-14c. to -ish under influence of ravish, anguish, etc. It also once had an intransitive sense and was so used by Shakespeare and Milton. Related: Famished; famishing.
双语例句
- 1. They are famish for food.
- 他们因缺乏食物而正在挨饿.
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英英释意
- 1. be hungry; go without food;
- "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
- 2. deprive of food;
- "They starved the prisoners"
- 3. die of food deprivation;
- "The political prisoners starved to death"
- "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
实用场景例句
- They are famish for food.
- 他们因缺乏食物而正在挨饿.
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