Famished

(adj.) extremely hungry; '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' .

录入:鲁道夫

• And now, the sea, late our defence, seems our prison bound; hemmed in by its gulphs, we shall die like the famished inhabitants of a besieged town. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• There was the huge famished brute, its black muzzle buried in Rucastle's throat, while he writhed and screamed upon the ground. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Is she ill, or only famished? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Does everybody here recall old Foulon, who told the famished people that they might eat grass, and who died, and went to Hell? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Famished, I think. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• To my checked, bridled, disciplined expectation, it seemed very kind: to my longing and famished thought it seemed, perhaps, kinder than it was. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• You sympathize with that proud patrician who does not sympathize with his famished fellow-men, and insults them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It was indeed a boon to us, for we all were nearly famished. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• To his soldiers he said, You are famished and nearly naked. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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