音标：['fæmin]
n. 饥荒, 缺乏, 饥饿
英汉词典

famine的短语、例句：

famine n[C, U] (instance of) extreme scarcity of food in a region 饥荒
a famine in Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚的饥荒
The long drought was followed by months of famine. 久旱之後出现长达数月的饥荒.