starvation
US: /stɑɹˈveɪʃən/
UK: /stɑːvˈeɪʃən/
UK: /stɑːvˈeɪʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
starvation /stɑ:'veiʃn/
- danh từ
- sự đói, sự thiếu ăn
- to die of starvation: chết đói
- starvation wager: đồng lương chết đói
- sự chết đói
- sự đói, sự thiếu ăn
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[U] the state of suffering and death caused by having no food: to die of / from starvation + Millions will face starvation next year as a result of the drought. + a starvation diet (= one in which you do not have much to eat) + They were on starvation wages (= extremely low wages).
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
prolonged, slow | mass | oxygen
The pilot had lost consciousness because of oxygen starvation.
VERB + STARVATION
be threatened by, face, suffer | rescue sb from, save sb from | die from/of
STARVATION + NOUN
diet, rations | wages
The workers lived in poor conditions and were paid starvation wages.
| level
Millions of people around the world live at or below starvation level.
PHRASES
death by/from starvation
Concise English dictionary
stɑr'veɪʃn /stɑː-
noun
+a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
+the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
