中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.饥荒。
2.〔古语〕饥饿。
3.极度缺乏。
短语和例子
a coal famine 煤荒。 a water famine 水荒。 die of famine 饿死。

a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

an acute insufficiency
同义词：dearth, shortage,

例句与用法

Famine differs from chronic malnutrition .
饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。

Famine and war have thinned the population .
灾荒和战争使人口减少了。

The peasants store up the grain against famine .
农民们贮粮备荒。

Please give generously to famine relief .
请为饥荒账款慷慨捐赠。

The carthaginians suffered horribly from famine .
迦太基人受尽了饥馑之苦。

The famine bore heavily on the farmers .
灾荒使农民困苦不堪。

Millions of people died that way in famine .
在灾荒中，千百万的人就这样死了。

I 'm afraid famine will stalk over the land ..
恐怕饥荒要在那个地方蔓延起来。

Failure of crops often results in famine .
歉收常引起饥荒。

The famine bore hard on the farmers .
灾荒使农民困苦不堪。