starvation 详细解释

starvation

[stɑ:'veiʃən]

n. 饿死, 饥饿

n.

饥饿; 挨饿; 饿死[U]

The old woman died of starvation.

老妇人被活活饿死。

词形变化

副词: startlingly | 名词: startlingness | 动词过去式: startled | 动词过去分词: startled | 动词现在分词: startling | 动词第三人称单数: startles |

词义辨析

同义:

n.饥荒, 营养不足, 耗尽, 需要, 缺乏

extreme hunger  famine  inanition  exhaustion  depletion  deprivation  need  want  lack  emptiness  

同义参见:

poverty  

英英释义

名词 starvation:

a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

同义词:famishment

the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

同义词:starving

补充

starvationstarvation英:[stɑ:ˈveiʃən] 美:[stɑrˈveʃən]n.1.挨饿, 饥饿; 饿死The animals had died of starvation.动物因饥饿而死亡。

例句

1. to die of starvation饿死 2. The famine brought mass starvation.饥荒使很多人饿死。 3. Millions of people face starvation every day.每天,数百万人面临着饥饿。 4. They died from/of starvation.他们死于饥饿。