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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary be·siege (-sieged ; -sieg·ing) DATE 14th century 1. to surround with armed forces 2. a. to press with requests : importune b. to cause worry or distress to : beset doubts besieged him • be·sieg·er noun English Etymology besiege c.1300, from be- + siege (q.v.). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 besiege be·siege / bi5si:dV / verb[VN] 1. to surround a building, city, etc. with soldiers until the people inside are forced to let you in 围困；包围 SYN lay siege to :
Paris was besieged for five months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。 (figurative) Fans besieged the box office to try and get tickets for the concert. 歌迷们围着售票处,试图买到音乐会的票。 2. [usually passive] (especially of sth unpleasant or annoying 尤指令人不快或烦恼的事) to surround sb / sth in large numbers 团团围住: The actress was besieged by reporters at the airport. 那位女演员在机场被记者团团围住。 3. ~ sb (with sth) to send so many letters, ask so many questions, etc. that it is difficult for sb to deal with them all (用大量的信件、提问等)使某人应接不暇: The radio station was besieged with calls from angry listeners. 广播电台疲于应付愤怒的听众打来的电话。 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged be·siege \bə̇ˈsēj, bē-\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English besegen, from be- + sege siege — more at siege 1. a. : to surround (as a city) with armed forces for the purpose of compelling surrender : lay siege to b. : to surround closely : hem in : crowd upon or around < I was besieged by four small Bedouin children — A.J.Liebling > < on Saturday nights the “picture house” in the town is besieged by eager young men and women — J.M.Mogey > < the land offices … were besieged daily by dozens of new settlers — American Guide Series: Ind. > 2. a. : to press especially with requests : importune < hungry for jobs and patronage, they besieged the president from morning to night — H.F.Wilkins > < besieging the royal ministers with petitions — T.B.Costain > < I was constantly besieged for an opinion — Henry Miller > b. : assail , beset — used of fears or other troubling ideas or sensations < such doubts and hesitations besiege one now and again — B.N.Cardozo > < a kind of loneliness … that besieges us — J.A.Pike > • be·sieg·er \-jə(r)\ noun -s |
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