famish
英 ['f?m??]
美 ['f?m??]
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famish“乏米食”-----饑餓
1. famish――father迷失了，沒人給我們做飯了.?使....饑餓
英文詞源
- famish (v.)
- "cause to hunger," c. 1400, famyschen, "alteration of famen (late 14c.), a shortening of Old French afamer (12c., Modern French affamer), from Vulgar Latin *affamare "to bring to hunger," from ad famem, from Latin fames "hunger" (see famine).
Ending changed mid-14c. to -ish under influence of ravish, anguish, etc. It also once had an intransitive sense and was so used by Shakespeare and Milton. Related: Famished; famishing.
雙語例句
- 1. They are famish for food.
- 他們因缺乏食物而正在挨餓.
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