starve
英[stɑːv]
美[stɑrv]
- vi. 饿死；挨饿；渴望
- vt. 使饿死；使挨饿
英英释意
- 1. be hungry; go without food;
- "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
- 2. die of food deprivation;
- "The political prisoners starved to death"
- "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
- 3. deprive of food;
- "They starved the prisoners"
- 4. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- 5. deprive of a necessity and cause suffering;
- "he is starving her of love"
- "The engine was starved of fuel"