starveling

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is thin from lack of food.
    — If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling.
形容词 adj.
  1. Starving; suffering from starvation.
    — As for the starveling rebels of our region, they soon began to reappear in town, more starved and abject, their blackened rags hanging on them[…]
  2. Meagre; scanty.
    — [A] few meetings in the cape-broom, a starveling allowance of kisses in a very ill-advised publicity.

词形变化

starvelings plural more starveling comparative most starveling superlative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English starve
English -ling
English starveling
From starve + -ling.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English starve
English -ling
English starveling
From starve + -ling.
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