"they were tired and famished for food and sleep"
"a ravenous boy"
"the family was starved and ragged"
"fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
starved的用法和樣例:
例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
Relatives of the tenants who had starved to death met the landlord at the entrance to the village and beat him severely. 有許多死於飢餓的僱農的親屬在村口等著他,他一到就被抓住痛打了一頓。
By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soya milk cancer cells are being starved. 通過切除牛奶和替代與不甜的大豆牛奶癌細胞是飢餓的。