Starvation is extreme suffering or death, caused by lack of food.
例句
Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year.從年初起，已有 300 多人餓死。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
挨餓, 饑餓;餓死
Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我們靠著野菜才沒被餓死。After three days without food, the men were close to starvation.3 天沒吃東西，這些人都快餓死了。The animals had died of starvation.動物因饑餓而死亡。Disease often follows on starvation because the body is weakened.疾病的產生往往是由于饑餓的緣故,因為身體很虛弱。
饑荒
A bishop was making a speech about world starvation.主教正在做一個關于全球性饑荒的演講。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
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"