starve
/stɑ:v; stɑrv/ v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
(cause a person or an animal to) suffer severely or die from hunger （使人或动物）挨饿, 饿死
Thousands of cattle are starving. 成千上万的牛正在挨饿.
starve to death 饿死
(infml 口) She's starving herself to try to lose weight. 她正在用节食的办法减轻体重.
2 [Ipr, Tn.pr usu passive 通常用於被动语态]
~ for sth; ~ sb of sth (cause sb to) suffer or long for sth greatly needed or wanted; deprive sb of sth （使某人）得不到某事物而受苦或渴望获得某事物; 缺乏
children starving for/starved of affection 渴望受人疼爱的孩子
(fig 比喻) Industry is being starved of technical expertise. 工业界技术力量匮乏.
3 [I] (infml 口) (used only in the continuous tenses 仅用於进行时态) feel very hungry 感觉很饿
What's for dinner? I'm starving! 晚饭吃什麽? 我饿极了!
4 (phr v) starve sb into sth/doing sth force sb to do sth by not allowing him to get food 使某人挨饿以迫其做某事
starved into surrender/surrendering 饿得只好投降. starve sb out (of sth) force sb out of a hiding-place, etc by stopping supplies of food 将某人饿得从隐藏处出来
It took 8 days to starve them out (of the building). 用了8天时间才把他们饿得（从那座建筑物里）出来了.