famished
词根词缀:
famine n. 饥荒
fam 饿 + ine 抽象名词 → 饥荒
famish v. 挨饿
fam 饿 + ish 使… → 挨饿
famished adj. 极饥饿的
famish 挨饿 + ed 已…的 → 极饥饿的
数据来源:新东方英语词汇速记大全
相关例句:
We offer food and wine to the famished ghosts that come up to earth from hell.
我们供食物和酒给那些从地府来到人间的饿鬼。
Fast food the only option and you're famished? Stick to something simple ( like a kids meal) and whatever you do, don't supersize.
如果你饿坏了,而除了快餐别无选择怎么办?那就选一些简单的东西(比如儿童套餐),而且不论吃什么,别撑着。
Hearing the word, the man glared his eyes and said, It is because I am not willing to eat the food handed out in contempt that I have been famished to such a degree.
那人一听这话,立即瞪着眼睛,说道:我就是因为不吃嗟来之食,才饿到这般地步的。
Can we order now? I'm famished.
现在我们可以点菜了吗?我饿极了。
Isn't dinner ready? I'm famished.
饭好了吗?我都饿坏了。
I was famished, and wondered when mother's milk would come. I did mind, although no one seemed to realize it.
我饿极了,想到母亲的奶不知何时才来,我是很在乎的,但是没有人知道。