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siege 音标拼音: [s'idʒ] n. 包围,围攻,再三的努力
vt. 包围,围攻 包围,围攻,再三的努力包围,围攻 siege n 1: the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack [ synonym: { siege}, { besieging}, { beleaguering}, { military blockade}] Siege \ Siege\, n. [ OE. sege, OF. siege, F. si[` e] ge a seat, a siege; cf. It. seggia, seggio, zedio, a seat, asseggio, assedio, a siege, F. assi[' e] ger to besiege, It. & LL. assediare, L. obsidium a siege, besieging; all ultimately fr. L. sedere to sit. See { Sit}, and cf. { See}, n.] 1. A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. [ Obs.] " Upon the very siege of justice." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] A stately siege of sovereign majesty, And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . . And Merlin called it " The siege perilous." -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence, place or situation; seat. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever. -- Painter ( Palace of Pleasure). [ 1913 Webster] 3. Rank; grade; station; estimation. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] I fetch my life and being From men of royal siege. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] The siege of this mooncalf. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy' s fire. See the Note under { Blockade}. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession. [ 1913 Webster] Love stood the siege, and would not yield his breast. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 7. The floor of a glass- furnace. [ 1913 Webster] 8. A workman' s bench. -- Knught. [ 1913 Webster] { Siege gun}, a heavy gun for siege operations. { Siege train}, artillery adapted for attacking fortified places. [ 1913 Webster]
Siege \ Siege\, v. t. To besiege; to beset. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Through all the dangers that can siege The life of man. -- Buron. [ 1913 Webster] 32 Moby Thesaurus words for " siege": attack, beleaguer, beleaguerment, besetment, besiege, besiegement, blockade, blockading, bottle up, bout, circumscription, confinement, cordon off, cordoning, encircle, encirclement, enclosure, encompassment, envelopment, go, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, inclusion, investment, lay siege to, onslaught, pincer movement, quarantine, seizure, spell, vertical envelopment
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