famine

n.

饥荒；饥饿；极度缺乏；

复数：famines

1. War, famine and flood are terrible evils.
   战争、饥荒和洪水都是可怕的灾祸。
2. Famine is often the sequel to war or drought.
   饥荒往往是战争或干旱造成的。
3. It's impossible to remain unmoved by her reports of the famine.
   任何人对她报道的饥荒情况都不可能无动于衷。
4. We are collecting money for the famine victim.
   我们在为遭受饥荒的灾民募捐。
5. Thousands of people died of famine.
   千千万万的人死于饥荒。
6. People in the eastern cities thought they faced a serious coal famine .
   东部各城市的人民认为他们面临一次严重的煤荒。

Schizophrenia after prenatal famine. Further evidence.
Feast and famine: critical role of glucocorticoids with insulin in daily energy flow
Obesity in young men after famine exposure in utero and early infancy.
Glucose tolerance in adults after prenatal exposure to famine.
Obesity at the age of 50 y in men and women exposed to famine prenatally
Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans
DNA methylation differences after exposure to prenatal famine are common and timing- and sex-specific.
Persistent epigenetic differences associated with prenatal exposure to famine in humans
DNA methy­lation differences after exposure to prenatal famine are common and timing- and sex-specific. Hum Mol Genet
Ravelli, A. C. et al. Glucose tolerance in adults after prenatal exposure to famine. Lancet 351, 173-177