starve/stɑrv; stɑːv/v [I,T] to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat, or to make someone do this(使)挨饿﹔(使)饿死: Thousands of people could starve to death . 数以千计的人可能会饿死。starving refugees 饥饿的难民starve sb/sth of sthphr v not to give something that is needed 使…缺乏: Schools have been starved of funding. 学校资金匮乏。