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famine

英 /ˈfæmɪn/美 /ˈfæmɪn/
  • n.
    饥荒，饥馑；匮乏，短缺；<古>饥饿
复数famines
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词语例句

  1. 饥荒，饥馑n.

    四级

    • Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine.

      成千上万的难民陷于战争、干旱和饥荒的困境。

    • Yet occurrences of food shortages and droughts are causing famine and distress in some areas.

      然而，粮食短缺和干旱的出现导致了一些地区的饥荒和灾难。

  2. 匮乏，短缺cn.

    • The 1860s was featured by the cotton famine.

      19世纪60年代的一个重要标志就是棉花的短缺。

  1. The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
    饥荒威胁着该大陆人口数量。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  2. If the drought continues there's going to be a famine.
    如果旱灾继续下去很可能要发生饥荒。
    来自《牛津词典》
  3. Many Irish people went over to America during the famine.
    许多爱尔兰人在饥荒时期迁徙到美国。
    来自《牛津词典》

网络短语

  • bengal famine
    孟加拉饥荒
  • Famine events
    饥饿三十人道救援行动
  • Feast or Famine
    饥荒；原始人打猎；壁画穿越；觅食求生
  • famine dropsy
    饥饿水肿；营养不良性水肿
  • flee from famine
    逃荒

词语扩展

n.
hungerfames
饥荒；饥饿，奇缺
adj.
famished极饥饿的
v.
famished使饥饿（famish的过去式）
  • hunger/famine/starvation
    • hunger普通用词，指人体对于食物迫切需要的正常生理现象。
    • famine指因天灾人祸而引起大规模饥荒；用作引申，指严重缺乏某种物资或人力。
    • starvation语气比hunger强得多。指因长期缺乏食物所造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，侧重人为的灾难所致。

词义分布

饥荒
91.1%
饥饿
5.1%
饥馑
3.4%
饥
0.4%

英英释义

  • n.an acute insufficiency
  • n.a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
  1. n.
    a time when there is not enough food for people to eat, and many people die
    饥荒
    • Their country is suffering from famine and war.
      他们的国家正遭遇着饥荒和战争。

词源

  • famine
    借自法语famine.
  • famine饥饿，饥荒
    来自拉丁语fames,饥饿，饥荒。
  • famine
    Borrowing from French famine.