DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan

 star·va·tion /stɑrˈveʃən/
 飢餓,餓死

 star·va·tion /stɑrˈveʃən/ 名詞
 絕食,飢餓

 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 as if it would not be in distressing straits without them.” --Fitzed. Hall.
 ◄ ►

 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]