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

• He must be absolutely famished.
  他一定饿坏了。
• Eat when you're hungry, not famished.
  感到有面女饥的时候便吃，不要等到饿极了再吃。
• Rose of Sharon, bereft of her baby, nourished the famished man with the milk from her breasts.
  失掉自己婴儿的沙伦玫瑰用她的乳汁喂养那个快要饿死的男子。
• Hearing the word, the man glared his eyes and said, It is because I am not willing to eat the food handed out in contempt that I have been famished to such a degree.
  那人一听这话，立即瞪着眼睛，说道：我就是因为不吃嗟来之食，才饿到这般地步的。
• Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished.
  有一天，雅各熬汤，以扫从田野回来累昏了。
• Does everybody here recall old Foulon, who told the famished people that they might eat grass, and who died, and went to Hell?
  这儿的人还想得起老家伙富伦吗？他曾说过挨饿的人可以吃草。他不是已经死了，进地狱了么？
• Visibly offended, ill, in love He was so famished that golden sparks danced Before his eyes.
  看得出受到冒犯、生他饿得眼前直冒金花。
• I was famished, and wondered when mother's milk would come. I did mind, although no one seemed to realize it.
  我饿极了，想到母亲的奶不知何时才来，我是很在乎的，但是没有人知道。
• The child looked half famished.
  那孩子看来很饿了。
• When that mine eye is famished for a look.
  当眼儿渴望要一见你的尊容。