資料來源 : pyDict

飢餓,餓死

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Starvation \Star*va"tion\, n.
   The act of starving, or the state of being starved.

   Note: This word was first used, according to Horace Walpole,
         by Henry Dundas, the first Lord Melville, in a speech
         on American affairs in 1775, which obtained for him the
         nickname of Starvation Dundas. ``Starvation, we are
         also told, belongs to the class of 'vile compounds'
         from being a mongrel; as if English were not full of
         mongrels, and if it would not be in distressing straits
         without them.'' --Fitzed. Hall.

資料來源 : WordNet®

starvation
     n 1: a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential
          nutrients over a prolonged period [syn: {famishment}]
     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"
        [syn: {starving}]