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

• 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。
• 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。
• Does everybody here recall old Foulon, who told the famished people that they might eat grass, and who died, and went to Hell?
  这儿的人还想得起老家伙富伦吗？他曾说过挨饿的人可以吃草。他不是已经死了，进地狱了么？
• Famished ( or hungry) wolves were howling in the wilds.
  饿狼在野外哀嚎。
• I was famished, and wondered when mother's milk would come. I did mind, although no one seemed to realize it.
  我饿极了，想到母亲的奶不知何时才来，我是很在乎的，但是没有人知道。
• Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished.
  有一天，雅各熬汤，以扫从田野回来累昏了。
• The child looked half famished.
  那孩子看来很饿了。
• The cannon will warn every one to refuse shelter to a man wandering about naked and famished.
  他们会鸣炮向每一个沿海居民警告，叫他们不要庇护一个走投无路，赤身裸体，饥寒交迫的人。
• As a result, we only eat when we're famished, and that's not a good time to eat, because you don't make healthy eating decisions when you're super hungry.
  而这个时候不适合进食，因为当你极度饥饿的时候，你就不会健康地进食。