starvation
英 [stɑ?'ve??n]
美[stɑr've??n]
- n. 餓 ；挨餓；絕食
英英釋意
- 1. a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
- 2. the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine;
- "the beseigers used starvation to induce surrender"
- "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"