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

• 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。
• I think he looks famished.
  我觉得它（他）看上去很饿。
• Have some dinner with us-you must be famished!
  和我们一起吃点饭吧，你一定很饿了。
• He must be absolutely famished.
  他一定饿坏了。
• Famished ( or hungry) wolves were howling in the wilds.
  饿狼在野外哀嚎。
• 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。
• Fast food the only option and you're famished? Stick to something simple ( like a kids meal) and whatever you do, don't supersize.
  如果你饿坏了，而除了快餐别无选择怎么办？那就选一些简单的东西（比如儿童套餐），而且不论吃什么，别撑着。
• For forty days and nights he fasted, and at the end of them he was famished.
  他四十昼夜斋戒禁食，感到饥饿难耐。
• If you walk in to a party famished, its setting you up for disaster, says the expert. Maybe eat slightly fewer calories than usual, and focus on veggies and lean protein.
  如果你什么都不吃就去参加派对，那简直是对自己的灾难。专家称，你可以比平常少吃一点，多吃蔬菜和瘦肉。
• Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
  所以我的百姓、因无知就被掳去.他们的尊贵人甚是饥饿、群众极其乾渴。