famine 

  1. 名詞
饑荒, 饑饉
缺乏, 奇缺
/以上可為可數與不可數名詞/
/複數為"famines"/
限定不可數名詞:
飢餓

    同義字詞
crunch,dearth,deficiency,deficit,drought,drouth,failure,inadequacy,inadequateness,insufficiency,lack,paucity,pinch,poverty,scantiness,scarceness,scarcity,shortage,undersupply,want

例句

  1. We're witnessing a famine .
  2. In 492 BC Rome was beset by a famine .
  3. And with famine came migration and wars.
  4. Then in 1876 a huge famine broke out in Madras.
  5. This mutual raiding was made worse by a famine .