(archaic)[with obj.]reduce (someone) to extreme hunger (古)使极度饥饿;使挨饿 they had famished the city into surrender. 他们使该城陷于饥饿而投降。 ■[no obj.]be extremely hungry 极度饥饿
语源
Middle English: from obsolete fame 'starve, famish', from Old French afamer, based on Latin fames 'hunger'