famine

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n. 饥荒, 缺乏, 饥饿

发音

US /ˈfæmɪn/

词形变化

famines 复数 famines

教材释义与例句

名词

饥荒；饥饿，奇缺

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Extreme shortage of food in a region.

    饥荒

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.

    饥荒

    饥馑

    可数 不可数

    1986, United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa The root causes of the current famine are known: poverty, low health standards....

  3. 3.

    Starvation or malnutrition.

    可数 过时 不可数

    His own flesh, however, which he lost by famine, shall be restored to him by Him who can recover even what has evaporated.

  4. 4.

    Severe shortage or lack of something.

    可数 不可数

    the Lancashire Cotton Famine

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

shortage dearth

上位词 8

want lack disaster tragedy catastrophe calamity deficiency cataclysm

相关短语

famine resistant famine fever [医] 饥馑热(回归热,斑疹伤寒) famine food famine foods famine weed famine bread famine breads famine or feast feast or famine adj. 时富时贫的，时成时败的 nuclear famine time famine

词源

Borrowed from Middle French famine, itself from the root of Latin fames. Cognate with Spanish hambruna (“famine”).

来源：wiktionary