搜尋結果
siege
- IPA[siː(d)ʒ]
英式
- a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender;an operation in which a police or other force surround a building and cut off supplies, with the aim of forcing an armed person to surrender
noun: siege, plural noun: sieges
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks siege warfare
- ▪ an operation in which a police or other force surround a building and cut off supplies, with the aim of forcing an armed person to surrender two cult members have died so far in the four-day siege
- 2. rare a group of herons there is a siege of herons at the river