famine
US: /ˈfæmən/
UK: /fˈæmɪn/
UK: /fˈæmɪn/
English Vietnamese dictionary
famine /'fæmin/
- danh từ
- nạn đói kém
- to die of famine: chết đói
- sự khan hiếm
- water famine: sự hiếm nước
- famine prices: giá đắt, giá cắt cổ (vì khan hiếm)
- nạn đói kém
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[C, U] a lack of food during a long period of time in a region: a severe famine + disasters such as floods and famine + the threat of widespread famine in Africa + to raise money for famine relief
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
starvation; shortage, dearth, scarcity, deficiency, paucity, exiguity, barrenness, lack:
In days of abundance, no one should die of famine.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
great, severe, terrible | widespread | imminent, impending
Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place.
VERB + FAMINE
face, suffer
Four million people are now facing famine. countries that regularly suffer famines
| cause, produce | relieve
FAMINE + VERB
strike
When famine strikes, it is often women and children who suffer the most.
FAMINE + NOUN
relief | victim
PREP.
during a/the ~
Thousands of people died during the terrible famine of that year.
PHRASES
a threat of famine
Concise English dictionary
famines'fæmɪn
noun
+an acute insufficiency
+a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
