starve
UK/stɑ:v/US
IELTSTOEFLB2
Definitions
v.
To suffer or die from lack of food; to deprive a person or animal of food.
挨饿；饿死；使挨饿
Root Breakdown
Native Englishstarveother
=starve
Common Collocations
- 1.starve to death饿死
- 2.starve for attention渴望得到关注
- 3.[starve out]断粮逼降
- 4.go starving挨饿
Example Sentences
- 1.
Children in the war-torn country were starving, with no food or clean water available.
- 2.
I'm absolutely starving — I haven't eaten anything since this morning.
- 3.
The siege was designed to starve the city into surrender.