【starve音标】 英[stɑ:v] 美[stɑ:rv]
【单词释义】 starve是什么意思：
vi.挨饿；[非正式用语]饥饿；受饿；[古语]冻死
vt.使挨饿；饿死
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] starves
[单词现在分词] starving
[单词过去式] starved
[单词过去分词] starved
【关联词/派生词】
starvation n.饥饿;挨饿;饿死
【starve形近词/近似词】
carve v. 雕刻；切开
【单词例句】
◇ Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word. So God turned up and drowned all their crops. Humans starved day and night, weeping.
很久以前，人类的祖先很坏，他们互相欺骗，耍诡计，从不遵守诺言。于是，上帝出现了，淹死了他们所有的作物。人们日夜挨饿，哭泣着。
◇ There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds.
从前，有个寂寞的女孩非常渴望爱。一天，她走在丛林中，发现两只快要饿死的小鸟。
---- Best Way to Keep Love is to Give It Wings
◇ The weaver's dog, not nearly so well supplied, was now a half-starved hound.
纺织女养的那只狗却显得尖瘦，一个月来缺吃少喝的。
---- The Prince Who Married a Frog
◇ Winter arrived, the weather is becoming more and more cold, the mice are all squeezed in a piece, but warm. But the day is cold, must want to have a dinner, this is not to eat but will starve to death.
冬天到了，天气也越来越冷了，小老鼠们都挤在一块，可暖和了。但天虽冷，总得要吃饭吧，这不吃饭可是会饿死的啊。