| 释义 |
famine /'faemin; 'faemm/ n 1 [U] extreme scarcity of food in a region: (一地区之)饥荒： Pans of India have often suffered from ~. 印度有些地区常闹饥荒。 2 [C] particular occasion when there is such scarcity: 某一饥荒： a ~ in Ethiopia. 衣索比亚的一次饥荒。 3 (attrib) caused by ~: (形容用法)因饥荒而造成的： ~ prices, high prices. 因饥荒而造成的高价。 |