famished

英 [ˈfæmɪʃt]

美 [ˈfæmɪʃt]

adj.  很饿
v.  使极度饥饿; 使挨饿; 极度饥饿
famish的过去分词和过去式

BNC.33803 / COCA.23524

牛津词典

adj.

• 很饿
  very hungry
  1. When's lunch? I'm famished!
     什么时候吃午饭？我饿得要死了！

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 饿扁的;饿极的
  If you arefamished, you are very hungry.
  1. Isn't dinner ready? I'm famished.
     饭好了吗？我都饿坏了。

英英释义

adj

• extremely hungry
  1. they were tired and famished for food and sleep
  2. a ravenous boy
  3. the family was starved and ragged
  4. fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
  Synonym:ravenoussharp-setstarvedesurient

双语例句

• Can we order now? I'm famished.
  现在我们可以点菜了吗？我饿极了。
• The aim was to provide cheap nourishment for a famished nation.
  其目的是为战后饥饿的日本提供廉价的营养。
• He was so famished that golden sparks danced before his eyes.
  他饿得眼前直冒金花。
• The child looked half famished.
  那孩子看来很饿了。
• He must be absolutely famished.
  他一定饿坏了。
• Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
  所以我的百姓、因无知就被掳去.他们的尊贵人甚是饥饿、群众极其乾渴。
• Famished ( or hungry) wolves were howling in the wilds.
  饿狼在野外哀嚎。
• Hearing the word, the man glared his eyes and said, It is because I am not willing to eat the food handed out in contempt that I have been famished to such a degree.
  那人一听这话，立即瞪着眼睛，说道：我就是因为不吃嗟来之食，才饿到这般地步的。
• In recent years it has struggled to deter famished North Koreans from venturing across the border.
  近些年，中国一直设法防止饥肠辘辘的朝鲜人冒险越境进入中国。
• We offer food and wine to the famished ghosts that come up to earth from hell.
  我们供食物和酒给那些从地府来到人间的饿鬼。