besiege
- IPA[bəˈsēj]
美式
- surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender; lay siege to；crowd around oppressively; surround and harass
verb: besiege, 3rd person present: besieges, gerund or present participle: besieging, past tense: besieged, past participle: besieged
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender; lay siege to the guerrillas continued to besiege other major cities to the north 同義詞
- ▪ crowd around oppressively; surround and harass she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen 同義詞
- ▪ be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints the television station was besieged with calls 同義詞
