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？
• B: As a matter of fact, I am starving.
  事实上，我饿极了。
• Too starving to wait for dinner?
  太饿了，等不到上菜了？
• Aren't you hungry? I am starving!
  你饿了吗？我饿得发慌！
• Is the dinner ready? I am starving.
  晚饭好了没有？我快饿死了。
• Now he's dead and she's starving.
  现在他死了，而她正饿着。
• I am hungry; indeed, I am almost starving.
  我饿了；我简直要饿死了。
• The well-fed don't know how the starving suffer.
  饱汉不知饿汉饥。
• 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。
• A number of the prisoners we saw are starving
  我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。