starve

verb

/stɑːv/

/stɑːrv/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they starve	/stɑːv/ /stɑːrv/
he / she / it starves	/stɑːvz/ /stɑːrvz/
past simple starved	/stɑːvd/ /stɑːrvd/
past participle starved	/stɑːvd/ /stɑːrvd/
-ing form starving	/ˈstɑːvɪŋ/ /ˈstɑːrvɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

[intransitive, transitive] to suffer or die because you do not have enough food to eat; to make somebody suffer or die in this way（使）挨饿，饿死
- The animals were left to starve to death.那些动物只能等着饿死。
- pictures of starving children展示饥饿儿童的图片
- The new job doesn't pay as much but we won't starve!新工作的工资没有过去多，不过我们不至于挨饿！
- starve somebody/yourself She's starving herself to try to lose weight.她试图通过节食来减肥。
- Many of the prisoners looked half starved.许多囚犯看起来饿得半死。
- He locked them in a room and left them to starve.他把他们锁在一间屋子里，任由他们捱饿。
- She refused food and literally starved herself to death.她拒绝进食，把自己活活饿死了。
- The poor cat was half starved.这只可怜的猫已经饿得半死了。
- Their policies will leave innocent children starving in the streets.他们的政策将让无辜的儿童流落街头，忍饥捱饿。
Topics Social issuesb2
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- slowly
- literally
verb + starve
- leave somebody to
preposition
- for
- of
phrases
- be half starved
- keep somebody from starving
- starve in the streets
- …
-starved
(in adjectives构成形容词) not having something that you need缺乏…的；急需…的
- supply-starved rebels补给匮乏的反叛者
see also cash-starved

词源Old English steorfan ‘to die’, of Germanic origin, probably from a base meaning ‘be rigid’ (compare with stare); related to Dutch sterven and German sterben.

Idioms

be starving (for something)

(also be starved especially in North American English)

(informal) to feel very hungry饿得很
- When's the food coming? I'm starving!食物什么时候上来？我快饿死了！
Topics Feelingsc2, Cooking and eatingc2