famine /'faemin; 'faemm/ n 1 [U] extreme scarcity of food in a region: (一地區(qū)之)饑荒： Pans of India have often suffered from ~. 印度有些地區(qū)常鬧饑荒。 2 [C] particular occasion when there is such scarcity: 某一饑荒： a ~ in Ethiopia. 衣索比亞的一次饑荒。 3 (attrib) caused by ~: (形容用法)因饑荒而造成的： ~ prices, high prices. 因饑荒而造成的高價(jià)。