famine 详细解释

famine

['fæmin]

n.饥荒, 极度缺乏

n.

1. 饥荒[C][U]

Drought has caused famine in Africa.

干旱在非洲造成了饥荒。

2. 饥饿[U]

3. 奇缺[C][U]

There was a famine of water in this locality.

这地方有过水荒。

词形变化

名词复数：famines

词义辨析

同义:

n.饥荒; 饥饿; 奇缺

starvation  lack  need  want  shortage  deficiency  absence  

同义参见:

scarcity  

反义:

n.奇缺

plenty  abundance  affluence  

英英释义

名词 famine:

an acute insufficiency

同义词：dearth, shortage

a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

补充

faminefamine英:[ˈfæmin] 美:[ˈfæmɪn]n.1.饥荒Many people die of starvation during famines every year.每年发生饥荒时都有许多人饿死。

例句

1. There was widespread famine in the Ukraine in 1946–7.1946至1947年间, 乌克兰发生了大面积的饥荒。 2. The Sudan is facing a major famine.苏丹正面临大饥荒。 3. Ireland was in the throes of a potato famine.爱尔兰正遭受马铃薯奇缺的痛苦处境。 4. David Healey scored to end Northern Ireland's goal famine.戴维•希利进球得分, 结束了北爱尔兰队的球荒。 5. Baidoa is regarded as the centre of the famine zone.拜多阿被视为饥荒地带的中心。 6. The UN has launched an emergency famine appeal for Angola.联合国已为安哥拉发出饥荒紧急援助的呼吁。 7. drought could result in famine throughout the region.干旱可能导致整个地区出现饥荒。 8. [count noun]the famine of 1921–1922.1921–1922年的那场饥荒。 9. the cotton famine of the 1860s.19世纪60年代的棉花短缺。 10. There is a severe famine in many parts of Africa.非洲许多地区都在闹大饥荒。 11. The long drought (= a lack of rain or water) was followed by famine.久旱之后就是饥荒。 12. The famine affected half the continent.这场饥馑影响了半个大陆。 13. "millions killed by war, drought, and famine"死于战争、干旱和饥馑的数百万人

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