Siege
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- n.包围, 围攻
- ［英］ n.包围, 围攻 ( a military blockade of a city or fortified place to compel it to surrender)
- ［同］ 参考: besiege ( 围攻)
- ［例］ be in a state of siege ( 处于被围状态)
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noun
- Etymology: Middle English sege, from Anglo-French, seat, blockade, from Old French *siegier to seat, settle, from Vulgar Latin *sedicare, from Latin sedēre to sit — more at sit
- Date: 13th century
- 1. obsolete a seat of distinction ; throne
- 2.
- a. a military blockade of a city or fortified place to compel it to surrender
- b. a persistent or serious attack (as of illness)
- ? siege transitive verb
