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starvevt. 1. destroy with cold. nip,kill,deprive以寒冷摧毁,冻伤,伤害,剥夺。 △Gent.4.4.161(154):“The air hathstarved the roses in her cheeks,”寒风摧毁了,她腮上的玫瑰。 2. stint对…吝惜。 △L.L.L.2.1.11:“she did starvethe general world beside”,她对于一般的世人是吝惜的。 ~vi. 1. die of hunger and cold冻饿而死。 △1H.IV.1.3.158:“Nay,then I cannot blame his cousin king,/ Thatwished him on the barren mountains starve.”哦,那么我就不能怪他这位本家国王巴不得他在荒山之间冻饿而死了。 2. die,perish死,丧生。 △1H.IV.2.2.24(21):“I'llstarve ere I'll rob a foot further.” i.e.before I go onefoot further to rob. 再让我往前走一步去抢劫,我就要累死了。 △2H.VI.1.1.136(135):“She should have stayedin France,and starved in France,/ Before—”她应该留在法兰西,死在法兰西,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.”我拿一切神圣的东西发誓,谁要是动一动念头,认为你不配担任他这样的官职,那么他还不如自己死掉的好。 3. look out hungrily饥饿地显露出来。 △Rom.5.1.70:“Need and oppression starveth in thy eyes,”贫穷和压迫从你的眼睛里露出了饿火。 4. have a craving渴望。 △1H.IV.5.1.81:“Nor moodybeggars,starving for a time / Of pell-mell havoc andconfusion.”也从不会缺少那些一肚子闷气的穷叫花子,他们自然盼望着一个天下大乱趁机大捞一把的日子。 starve[stɑ:v]v.挨饿,渴求 ◇ be starved of没有 starve for渴望得到 starve out of sth.某人从隐藏处出来 starve sb.into sth. doing使某人挨饿 ‖ starvation n. 饥饿 |