famish

英式音标famish怎么读

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词汇归类 GRE

近义词 starve

famish词义

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vi. 挨饿vt. 使挨饿

词态变化

第三人称单数: famishes;过去式: famished;过去分词: famished;现在分词: famishing;


famish双语例句

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1. They are famish for food.
他们因缺乏食物而正在挨饿.

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famish英文词源

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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.

famish实用场景例句

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They are famish for food.
他们因缺乏食物而正在挨饿.

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