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famine

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
famine /ˈfæmən/ noun
plural famines
famine
/ˈfæmən/
noun
plural famines
Learner's definition of FAMINE
: a situation in which many people do not have enough food to eat饥荒；饥馑
[count]
[noncount]
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6925 COCA: 8193

famine

noun

fam·​ine ˈfa-mən How to pronounce famine (audio)
1
: an extreme scarcity of food
The famine affected most of the country.
2
archaic : starvation
3
archaic : a ravenous appetite
4
: a great shortage
Transportation problems resulted in a coal famine.

Synonyms

Example Sentences

The famine affected half the continent. millions killed by war, drought, and famine
Recent Examples on the Web To avoid a famine in the capital, or another revolution, the French government decreed in 1798 that the availability of bread had to be guaranteed. Rick Noack, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 That provides time for four to five large bulk carriers per day to transport grain from the ports to millions of people in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, who are already facing food shortages and, in some cases, famine. Arkansas Online, 30 July 2022 That provides time for about four to five large bulk carriers per day to transport grain from the ports to millions of people in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, who are already facing food shortages and, in some cases, famine. Inna Varenytsia, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2022 Those grains are vital to millions of people in Africa, parts of the Middle East and South Asia, who are already facing food shortages and, in some cases, famine. Aya Batrawy, ajc, 27 July 2022 Abused by outsiders for five centuries, the region now known as the D.R.C. has become a sort of geographical shorthand for every variety of human suffering: slavery, Ebola, famine, dictatorship, AIDS, malaria, corruption, rape, civil war. Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 In the long run, Russia is unlikely to build a successful 21st century economy through famine, looting and stealing. Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 21 June 2022 Running since 2011, the satirical show is set in Uganda, where two Mormon missionaries try to spread the teachings of the church to local residents more concerned about famine, HIV/AIDS, and the actions of a warlord. Barbara Schuler, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2022 The resulting famine killed at least 5 million, including more than 3 million Ukrainians. Joseph Stalin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from feim, faim hunger, from Latin fames

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of famine was in the 14th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6925 COCA: 8193
famine

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAMINE | FAMINE + VERB | FAMINE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤devastating, great, severe, terrible毀滅性的饑荒；大饑荒；嚴重饑荒▸➤widespread大範圍的饑荒➤man-made人為造成的饑荒VERB + FAMINE➤face, suffer面臨／遭受饑荒◇Four million people are now facing famine.400 萬人正面臨饑荒。◇countries that regularly suffer famines經常遭受饑荒的國家➤survive從饑荒中幸存下來▸➤cause引發饑荒➤prevent防止饑荒FAMINE + VERB➤strike饑荒發生◇When famine strikes, it is often women and children who suffer the most.發生饑荒時，受害最深的往往是婦女和兒童。FAMINE + NOUN➤relief饑荒救濟➤victim饑荒災民PREPOSITION➤during a/the famine在饑荒中◇Thousands of people died during the terrible famine of that year.數以千計的人在那年的可怕饑荒中喪命。PHRASES➤a threat of famine饑荒的威脅

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