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单词 famine
释义 fam·ine
\ˈfamə̇n\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin famina, from Latin fames hunger — more at daze
1. : a severe food shortage : a period of extreme scarcity of food
 < six seasons of dearth approaching famine — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington >
2. archaic : lack of food : extreme hunger : starvation
 < horses … recovered from past famine and fatigue — Washington Irving >
3. archaic : a ravenous appetite
 < death grinned … to hear his famine should be filled — John Milton >
4. : a great scarcity or shortage of something
 < a famine of television sets — Irwin Edman >
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