famine的意思是：n.饥荒；极度缺乏。famine的详尽释义是n.(名词)饥荒，饥馑，灾荒，荒饥饿奇缺，匮竭，极度缺乏歉收饥荒时期，饥馑年代。famine的词源解说是☆ 直接源自拉丁语的famēs意为饥饿。
一、详尽释义点此查看famine的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.饥馑;饥荒
Famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.
e.g. Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought andfamine...
成千上万的难民陷于战争、旱灾和饥荒之中。
e.g. The civil war is obstructing distribution offamine relief by aid agencies.
内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。
四、例句
War, famine and flood are terrible evils.
战争、饥荒和洪水都是可怕的灾祸。
Famine is often the sequel to war or drought.
饥荒往往是战争或干旱造成的。
It's impossible to remain unmoved by her reports of the famine.
任何人对她报道的饥荒情况都不可能无动于衷。
We are collecting money for the famine victim.
我们在为遭受饥荒的灾民募捐。
Thousands of people died of famine.
千千万万的人死于饥荒。
People in the eastern cities thought they faced a serious coal famine .
东部各城市的人民认为他们面临一次严重的煤荒。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
This was one of the periods of tobacco famine and there was not a cigarette in the place.
出自：G. Orwell七、词源解说
famine的相关近义词
shortage、want、starvation、scarcity、lack、absence、need、deficiency、dearth、food shortage、deprivation
famine的相关反义词
famine的相关临近词
famous、family、famine year、famine price、famine phase、famine edema、famine fever、famine victim、famine dropsy、famine strike、famine prices、Famine Policy