famish
verb [ I or T ] old-fashioned uk/ˈfæm.ɪʃ/ us/ˈfæm.ɪʃ/
极度饥饿;使挨饿
to suffer from extreme hunger or to make someone suffer from extreme hunger
Russia famished under the Five Year Plan. 俄罗斯在五年计划时期的极度饥饿。
Repeated crop failures almost famished them. 连年作物歉收几乎使他们饿死。
- More examples
- Some say that ravens foster other chicks whilst their own birds famish in their nests.
- Did he marry me to famish me?
- Mothers half alive carried their children famishing with hunger in their arms.