famished

英 [ˈfæmɪʃt]

美 [ˈfæmɪʃt]

adj.  很饿
v.  使极度饥饿; 使挨饿; 极度饥饿
famish的过去分词和过去式

BNC.33803 / COCA.23524

牛津词典

adj.

• 很饿
  very hungry
  1. When's lunch? I'm famished!
     什么时候吃午饭？我饿得要死了！

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 饿扁的;饿极的
  If you arefamished, you are very hungry.
  1. Isn't dinner ready? I'm famished.
     饭好了吗？我都饿坏了。

英英释义

adj

• extremely hungry
  1. they were tired and famished for food and sleep
  2. a ravenous boy
  3. the family was starved and ragged
  4. fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
  Synonym:ravenoussharp-setstarvedesurient

双语例句

• I was famished, and wondered when mother's milk would come. I did mind, although no one seemed to realize it.
  我饿极了，想到母亲的奶不知何时才来，我是很在乎的，但是没有人知道。
• Rose of Sharon, bereft of her baby, nourished the famished man with the milk from her breasts.
  失掉自己婴儿的沙伦玫瑰用她的乳汁喂养那个快要饿死的男子。
• Does everybody here recall old Foulon, who told the famished people that they might eat grass, and who died, and went to Hell?
  这儿的人还想得起老家伙富伦吗？他曾说过挨饿的人可以吃草。他不是已经死了，进地狱了么？
• Have some dinner with us-you must be famished!
  和我们一起吃点饭吧，你一定很饿了。
• The cannon will warn every one to refuse shelter to a man wandering about naked and famished.
  他们会鸣炮向每一个沿海居民警告，叫他们不要庇护一个走投无路，赤身裸体，饥寒交迫的人。
• I think he looks famished.
  我觉得它（他）看上去很饿。
• Eat when you're hungry, not famished.
  感到有面女饥的时候便吃，不要等到饿极了再吃。
• Fast food the only option and you're famished? Stick to something simple ( like a kids meal) and whatever you do, don't supersize.
  如果你饿坏了，而除了快餐别无选择怎么办？那就选一些简单的东西（比如儿童套餐），而且不论吃什么，别撑着。
• Can we order now? I'm famished.
  现在我们可以点菜了吗？我饿极了。
• We offer food and wine to the famished ghosts that come up to earth from hell.
  我们供食物和酒给那些从地府来到人间的饿鬼。