famish是什么意思？

famish

英['fæmɪʃ] 美[ˈfæmɪʃ]

• vt.& vi. 使挨饿，感到饥饿；

过去式：famished;

过去分词：famished;

现在分词：famishing;

第三人称单数：famishes;

例句

• They are famish for food. 他们因缺乏食物而正在挨饿.

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  使挨饿,感到极饿
  be famished for food 缺粮挨饿, 断炊 be famished to death 饿死

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. be hungry; go without food;
  "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
  2. deprive of food;
  "They starved the prisoners"
  3. die of food deprivation;
  "The political prisoners starved to death""Many famished in the countryside during the drought"