famish

英 ['fæmɪʃ] 美 ['fæmɪʃ]

• v. （使）挨饿；（使）饥饿

英英释义

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"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• starve 挨饿
• hunger 饥饿