| 釋義 |
starvevt.
1. destroy with cold. nip,kill,deprive以寒冷摧毀，凍傷，傷害，剝奪。
△Gent.4.4.161(154):“The air hathstarved the roses in her cheeks，”寒風(fēng)摧毀了，她腮上的玫瑰。
2. stint對(duì)…吝惜。
△L.L.L.2.1.11:“she did starvethe general world beside”，她對(duì)于一般的世人是吝惜的。
～vi.
1. die of hunger and cold凍餓而死。
△1H.IV.1.3.158:“Nay,then I cannot blame his cousin king,/ Thatwished him on the barren mountains starve.”哦，那么我就不能怪他這位本家國(guó)王巴不得他在荒山之間凍餓而死了。
2. die,perish死，喪生。
△1H.IV.2.2.24(21):“I'llstarve ere I'll rob a foot further.” i.e.before I go onefoot further to rob. 再讓我往前走一步去搶劫，我就要累死了。
△2H.VI.1.1.136(135):“She should have stayedin France,and starved in France,/ Before—”她應(yīng)該留在法蘭西，死在法蘭西，也不要——
△H.VIII.5.3.132(52. 167):“By all that's holy,/ he had better starve /Than but once think his place becomes thee not.”我拿一切神圣的東西發(fā)誓，誰(shuí)要是動(dòng)一動(dòng)念頭，認(rèn)為你不配擔(dān)任他這樣的官職，那么他還不如自己死掉的好。
3. look out hungrily饑餓地顯露出來(lái)。
△Rom.5.1.70:“Need and oppression starveth in thy eyes，”貧窮和壓迫從你的眼睛里露出了餓火。
4. have a craving渴望。
△1H.IV.5.1.81:“Nor moodybeggars,starving for a time / Of pell-mell havoc andconfusion.”也從不會(huì)缺少那些一肚子悶氣的窮叫花子，他們自然盼望著一個(gè)天下大亂趁機(jī)大撈一把的日子。 starve[stɑ:v]v.挨餓，渴求
◇ be starved of沒有
starve for渴望得到
starve out of sth.某人從隱藏處出來(lái)
starve sb.into sth. doing使某人挨餓
‖ starvation n. 饑餓 |