名詞 famine:

1. an acute insufficiency
   同義詞：dearth, shortage
2. a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

1. Millions of people gave freely in response to the famine appeal.
   千百萬(wàn)人響應(yīng)救災(zāi)呼吁而慷慨解囊。
2. War, famine and flood are terrible evils.
   戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)、饑荒和洪水都是可怕的災(zāi)禍。
3. The Government has pledged itself to send aid to the famine victims.
   政府已承諾賑濟(jì)饑民。
4. Famine is often the sequel to war or drought.
   饑荒往往是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)或干旱造成的。
5. Under water, famine; under snow, bread.
   [諺]洪水造饑饉，瑞雪兆豐年。
6. It's impossible to remain unmoved by her reports of the famine.
   任何人對(duì)她報(bào)道的饑荒情況都不可能無(wú)動(dòng)于衷。
7. We are collecting money for the famine victim.
   我們?cè)跒樵馐莛嚮牡臑?zāi)民募捐。
8. Thousands of people died of famine.
   千千萬(wàn)萬(wàn)的人死于饑荒。

fam.ine

n.（名詞）
A drastic, wide-reaching food shortage.
饑荒：食物嚴(yán)重的，普遍的短缺
A drastic shortage; a dearth.
饑謹(jǐn)：極度缺乏；饑謹(jǐn)
Severe hunger; starvation.
極度饑餓；饑餓
Archaic Extreme appetite.
【古語(yǔ)】 極端的食欲

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from faim [hunger]
源自 faim [饑餓]
from Latin famôs
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) famôs