adj. 饥饿的；饥肠辘辘的
v. 挨饿，饿死；使匮乏；急需……的；处于严寒之中（starve 的过去式和过去分词）
词根：starved
adj.
starving 饥饿的；挨饿的
starveling 挨饿的，饥饿的；饿瘦了的；贫穷的
n.
starveling 挨饿者；饿瘦了的人
v.
starving 挨饿（starve的ing形式）；使饿死
1.The couple is starved and given little water.
夫妻两个饿了，就会有人给他们一点水喝。
2.He saved about 800, but the rest starved or froze to death.
他救下了大约800人，但其他人都冻死或者饿死了。
3.How starved he looketh.
他看起来多饿啊。
4.At this point, my brain is oxygen-starved, so we stop.
正在这时，因为我的大脑缺氧，所以我们停了下来。
5.You think: “Well, yeah, obviously — I’ve been starved.
您不禁想到：“嗯，是啊，很明显—我挨过几天饿了。
6.Many children in the orphanage were starved often.
孤儿院中的孩子们常常挨饿。
7.In these places people starved, were flogged, were clubbed to death.
在这些地方，人们忍饥挨饿、遭受毒打、丧命于棍棒之下。
8.Famous explorers of the north American frontier, Lewis and Clark arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River on November 14, 1805, in nearly starved circumstances.
著名的北美探险先驱路易斯和克拉克于1805年11月14日在饥饿的情况下到达了哥伦比亚河的河口。