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Famine Latin Fæmin N.饥荒 英 N 饥荒(Instance Extreme

单词 famine
音标 ['fæmin]
解释 n.饥荒
红宝书 【英】 n. 饥荒(instance of extreme scarcity of food in a region)
【例】 a famine Ethiopia
字源 famine (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French famine "hunger" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *famina, from Latin fames "hunger, starvation, famine," of unknown origin.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】family + mine 我家在六十年代闹过饥荒;音:发米,发面,那时粮食紧张,凭粮票发米;音:乏米,乏面

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