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待哺谓等待喂食；等待食粮。

嗷嗷待哺嗷嗷：哀号声；待：等待；哺：哺育喂养。原意指小鸟饥饿时叫着要东西吃的样子。后常用以形容饥民渴求得食而急待解救的悲惨情景。例可奈满城无粮嗷嗷待哺。——蔡东藩《唐史演义》英cry piteously for food; waiting to be fed with cries of hunger;