Famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.
例句
Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine...成千上萬的難民陷于戰爭、旱災和饑荒之中。The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.內戰阻礙著救援機構對饑荒賑濟物資的配給。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
饑荒
Many people die of starvation during famines every year.每年發生饑荒時都有許多人餓死。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. an acute insufficiency
2. a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death