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单词 starve
释义

starve

UK /stɑː(r)v/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theystarve
he/she/itstarves
present participlestarving
past tensestarved
past participlestarved

DEFINITIONS1
  1. 1
    intransitive to suffer or to die because there is not enough food

    There are people out there who are starving because of your actions.

    Synonyms and related words

    To die or to be killed
    1. 1a
      transitive to make someone suffer or die by preventing them from having enough food

      They were accused of deliberately starving the prisoners.

      starve yourself to death:

      He threatened to starve himself to death if the war didn’t stop.

      Synonyms and related words

      To kill a person or animal

phrasal verbs

starve out

starve

US /stɑrv/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theystarve
he/she/itstarves
present participlestarving
past tensestarved
past participlestarved

DEFINITIONS1
  1. 1
    intransitive to suffer or to die because there is not enough food

    There are people out there who are starving because of your actions.

    Synonyms and related words

    To die or to be killed
    1. 1a
      transitive to make someone suffer or die by preventing them from having enough food

      They were accused of deliberately starving the prisoners.

      starve yourself to death:

      He threatened to starve himself to death if the war didn’t stop.

      Synonyms and related words

      To kill a person or animal

phrasal verbs

starve out
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