famish

vt. 使挨饿 vi. 饥饿, 挨饿

发音

UK /ˈfamɪʃ/
其它

词形变化

famished famishes 三单 famishes famishing famisht famishing 现在分词 famished 过去式 famished 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To kill, or to cause great suffering to, by depriving or denying anything necessary.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To force, control, or constrain by famine.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To die of hunger; to starve to death.

    不及物
  6. 6.

    To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to nearly perish.

    不及物
  7. 7.

    To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

hunger starve

上位词 10

go die hurt pass suffer exit choke perish ache deprive

近义相关 1

starve

相关短语

Rag and Famish

词源

From Middle English famisshe, from famen (“starve”), from Old French afamer, ultimately from Latin famēs (“hunger”). Compare affamish, famine. Cognate with Spanish hambre (“hunger”).

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