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famine 【FAMINE】Many people died of hunger during the famine in India. 在印度大饥荒期间，许多人死于饥饿。【重点词汇】famine n. 饥荒

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['fæmɪn] 
faminea severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
A famine is a severe shortage of food, but not the "I forgot to go to the grocery store and there's nothing to eat in the house" type of shortage. A famine is usually caused by crop failure or disaster.
Although the "extreme shortage of food" meaning is most common, the noun famine can also mean any shortage or insufficiency, and it is often used idiomatically in the phrase "feast or famine." This usage refers to something that is alternately plentiful and scarce — like the feast and famine experienced by an artist who only occasionally sells his paintings.
All forms of 'famine' will appear on average once every 588 pages.famine

Front	famine
Pron	['fæmɪn]
Back	【FAMINE】 Many people died of hunger during the famine in India. 在印度大饥荒期间，许多人死于饥饿。【重点词汇】 famine n. 饥荒
Vocab	faminea severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death A famine is a severe shortage of food, but not the "I forgot to go to the grocery store and there's nothing to eat in the house" type of shortage. A famine is usually caused by crop failure or disaster. Although the "extreme shortage of food" meaning is most common, the noun famine can also mean any shortage or insufficiency, and it is often used idiomatically in the phrase "feast or famine." This usage refers to something that is alternately plentiful and scarce — like the feast and famine experienced by an artist who only occasionally sells his paintings. All forms of 'famine' will appear on average once every 588 pages. famine

Famine Shortage Hunger Severe Crop Fæmɪn People Died