famished

词根词缀:

词根
fam= hunger 饿

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

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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。