starve
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [stɑ?v]
- 美式音標(biāo) [stɑ?rv]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) [stɑ:v]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vi.挨餓;受餓;極度匱乏
- vt.使挨餓;使餓死
詞源解說
- 直接源自古英語(yǔ)的steorfan,意爲(wèi)死。
詞根記憶
- star(明星) + ve→明星不用擔(dān)心挨餓→挨餓
- star(明星) + ve→和明星養(yǎng)尊処優(yōu)的生活正相反→挨餓
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- starving:飢餓的;挨餓的。
- starveling:挨餓的,飢餓的;餓瘦了的;貧窮的。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- starvation:餓死;挨餓;絕食。
- starveling:挨餓者;餓瘦了的人。
- v性質(zhì)的同根詞
- starving:挨餓(starve的ing形式);使餓死。
用法辨析
- starve的基本意思是“挨餓”,指人或動(dòng)物由於食物少而忍飢挨餓,甚至有可能餓死。用於比喻,還可表示“極耑”“渴望”。在古英語(yǔ)裡starve還可表示“使挨凍”。
- starve可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作及物動(dòng)詞。用作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),表示“感覺餓”; 用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),表示“使…飢餓”,接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ)。
v. (動(dòng)詞)
英漢例句
- Because there is no food, the people are starving.
由於沒有食品,人們?cè)诎ゐI。 - They starved the enemy into surrendering.
他們以飢餓迫使敵人投降。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
用作不及物動(dòng)詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動(dòng)詞: S+~+ n./pron.
詞組短語(yǔ)
- starve the horse 使馬挨餓
- starve the prisoner 使囚犯挨餓
- starve agonizingly 〔miserably〕 痛苦地挨餓
- starve ceaselessly 連續(xù)不斷地挨餓
- starve cruelly 殘忍地挨餓
- starve deliberately 故意地挨餓
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
~+名詞
~+副詞
英英字典
- to (cause someone to) become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat
- If people starve, they suffer greatly from lack of food which sometimes leads to their death.
- To starve someone means not to give them any food.
- If a person or thing is starved of something that they need, they are suffering because they are not getting enough of it.