famish是什麽意思

famish

英 ['fæmɪʃ] 美 ['fæmɪʃ]

famish“乏米食”-----饑餓
1. famish――father迷失了，沒人給我們做飯了. 使....饑餓

famish (v.): "cause to hunger," c. 1400, famyschen, "alteration of famen (late 14c.), a shortening of Old French afamer (12c., Modern French affamer), from Vulgar Latin *affamare "to bring to hunger," from ad famem, from Latin fames "hunger" (see famine).

Ending changed mid-14c. to -ish under influence of ravish, anguish, etc. It also once had an intransitive sense and was so used by Shakespeare and Milton. Related: Famished; famishing.