beleaguer
GRE
英 [bɪ'liːgə]
美
释义
vt. 围攻；围
词态变化
第三人称单数: beleaguers;过去式: beleaguered;过去分词: beleaguered;现在分词: beleaguering;
英文词源
- beleaguer
- beleaguer: see lair
- beleaguer (v.)
- 1580s, from Dutch or Low German belegeren "to besiege," from be- "around" (see be-) + legeren "to camp," from leger "bed, camp, army, lair," from Proto-Germanic *leg-raz-, from PIE *legh-to- "lie" (see lie (v.2)). A word from the Flemish Wars (cognates: Swedish belägra, Dutch belegeren "besiege," German Belagerung "siege"). Spelling influenced by league. Related: Beleaguered; beleaguering.
英英释意
- 1. annoy persistently;
- "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
- 2. surround so as to force to give up;
- "The Turks besieged Vienna"
