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、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.
   政府已承諾賑濟饑民。
4. Famine is often the sequel to war or drought.
   饑荒往往是戰(zhàn)爭或干旱造成的。
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.
   任何人對她報道的饑荒情況都不可能無動于衷。
7. We are collecting money for the famine victim.
   我們在為遭受饑荒的災(zāi)民募捐。
8. Thousands of people died of famine.
   千千萬萬的人死于饑荒。

fam.ine

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

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from faim [hunger]
源自 faim [饑餓]
from Latin famôs
源自 拉丁語 famôs