famished
adjective /ˈfæmɪʃt/
/ˈfæmɪʃt/
[not usually before noun] (informal, becoming old-fashioned)- very hungry
synonym starve很饿 - When's lunch? I'm famished!
什么时候吃午饭?我饿得要死了! - famished refugees
饥饿的难民
词源late Middle English: past participle of the verb famish, from Middle English fame ‘starve’, from Old French afamer, based on Latin fames ‘hunger’. - When's lunch? I'm famished!