starve 音标拼音: [st'ɑrv]
vi . 挨饿,饿死
vt . 使挨饿
挨饿,饿死使挨饿
starve v 1 :
be hungry ;
go without food ; "
Let '
s eat --
I '
m starving !"
[
synonym : {
starve }, {
hunger }, {
famish }] [
ant : {
be full }]
2 :
die of food deprivation ; "
The political prisoners starved to death "; "
Many famished in the countryside during the drought "
[
synonym : {
starve }, {
famish }]
3 :
deprive of food ; "
They starved the prisoners " [
synonym : {
starve },
{
famish }] [
ant : {
feed }, {
give }]
4 :
have a craving ,
appetite ,
or great desire for [
synonym : {
crave },
{
hunger }, {
thirst }, {
starve }, {
lust }]
5 :
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering ; "
he is starving her of love "; "
The engine was starved of fuel "
Starve \
Starve \ (
st [
aum ]
rv ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Starved }
(
st [
aum ]
rvd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Starving }.] [
OE .
sterven to die ,
AS .
steorfan ;
akin to D .
sterven ,
G .
sterben ,
OHG .
sterban ,
Icel .
starf labor ,
toil .]
1 .
To die ;
to perish . [
Obs .,
except in the sense of perishing with cold or hunger .] --
Lydgate .
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In hot coals he hath himself raked . . .
Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules . --
Chaucer .
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2 .
To perish with hunger ;
to suffer extreme hunger or want ;
to be very indigent .
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Sometimes virtue starves ,
while vice is fed . --
Pope .
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3 .
To perish or die with cold . --
Spenser .
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Have I seen the naked starve for cold ? --
Sandys .
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Starving with cold as well as hunger . --
W .
Irving .
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Note :
In this sense ,
still common in England ,
but rarely used in the United States .
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Starve \
Starve \,
v .
t .
1 .
To destroy with cold . [
Eng .]
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From beds of raging fire ,
to starve in ice Their soft ethereal warmth . --
Milton .
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2 .
To kill with hunger ;
as ,
maliciously to starve a man is ,
in law ,
murder .
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3 .
To distress or subdue by famine ;
as ,
to starve a garrison into a surrender .
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Attalus endeavored to starve Italy by stopping their convoy of provisions from Africa . --
Arbuthnot .
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4 .
To destroy by want of any kind ;
as ,
to starve plants by depriving them of proper light and air .
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5 .
To deprive of force or vigor ;
to disable .
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The pens of historians ,
writing thereof ,
seemed starved for matter in an age so fruitful of memorable actions . --
Fuller .
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The powers of their minds are starved by disuse .
--
Locke .
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74 Moby Thesaurus words for "
starve ":
OD ,
annihilate ,
asphyxiate ,
be in want ,
be killed ,
be pinched ,
be poor ,
be ravenous ,
begrudge ,
bereave of life ,
carry away ,
carry off ,
chloroform ,
choke ,
cut down ,
cut off ,
deprive of life ,
destroy ,
dispatch ,
dispose of ,
do away with ,
do for ,
do to death ,
drown ,
end ,
execute ,
exterminate ,
eye hungrily ,
famish ,
feel hungry ,
finish ,
finish off ,
go on welfare ,
grudge ,
have a tapeworm ,
hunger ,
hunger for ,
immolate ,
kill ,
lack ,
launch into eternity ,
liquidate ,
live upon nothing ,
lynch ,
make away with ,
martyr ,
martyrize ,
need ,
pinch ,
pinch pennies ,
poison ,
purge ,
put away ,
put down ,
put to death ,
put to sleep ,
raven ,
remove from life ,
sacrifice ,
scamp ,
scant ,
screw ,
scrimp ,
skimp ,
slay ,
smother ,
stint ,
strangle ,
suffocate ,
take life ,
take off ,
thirst ,
thirst for ,
want
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