单词 | starve |
释义 | Word Frequency starve(stɑːv) verb 1. to die or cause to die from lack of food 2. to deprive (a person or animal) or (of a person, etc) to be deprived of food 3. (intransitive) informal to be very hungry 4. (foll by of or for) to deprive or be deprived (of something necessary), esp so as to cause suffering or malfunctioning the engine was starved of fuel 5. (transitive; foll by into) to bring (to) a specified condition by starving to starve someone into submission 6. archaic to be or cause to be extremely cold Derived forms starver (ˈstarver) noun Word origin Old English steorfan to die; related to Old Frisian sterva to die, Old High German sterban to die |
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