famine

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

famines

1.
(uncountable)Extreme shortage of food in a region.
2.
(countable)A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
1986, United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa The root causes of the current famine are known: poverty, low health standards....
3.
(countable, dated, uncountable)Starvation or malnutrition.
His own flesh, however, which he lost by famine, shall be restored to him by Him who can recover even what has evaporated.
4.
(countable, uncountable)Severe shortage or lack of something.
the Lancashire Cotton Famine

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Nguồn gốc từ

Borrowed from Middle French famine, itself from the root of Latin fames.