starve

starve [stɑ:v] vi.

1. ■ 饥饿; 饿死; 绝食

2. ■ 渴望

3. ■ 因缺油而磨损[停车]

starve to death 饿死

starve for news 渴望消息

What's for dinner? I'm -ving! 晚饭吃什么? 我饿死了!

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词性变化

starve [stɑ:v] vt.

1. ■ (使)饿死; 使饥饿

2. ■ (使)冻死

3. ■ 使渴望

4. ■ 使极度缺乏

5. ■ 使...因缺油而磨损[停车]

starve a dog to death 使狗饿死

They tried to starve the army into surrender. 他们试图使守军因饥饿而投降。

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继承用法

starvedly adv. starver n.

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习惯用语

starve for (=be starved of)

1. ■ 渴望; 极需; 缺乏

starve sb. into

1. ■ 用饥饿迫使...

starve out

1. ■ 用饥饿迫使投降; 使断粮而屈服