starving time

常见例句

The winter of 1609 became the "starving time."
1609年的冬天成为“饥荒期”。
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By the winter of 1609-1610, also known as the Starving Time, only 60 settlers remained from the original 500 passengers.
到了1609年至1610年冬天时，就是“饥荒时代”，原先的500旅客只剩下了60人。
As the main body of the paper, it illustrates in the aspects of daily diet, season-related diet, diet for wedding and funeral, diet during the starving time and dietary taboos available.
第四章是本文的主体部分，从日常饮食、时节饮食、婚丧宴饮、灾荒年间的饮食、饮食禁忌五个方面来论述清代陕北地区的饮食状况。

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