| 釋義 |
siege /si: d3; sid3/ n [C, U] (period of) operations of armed forces who surround and blockade a town or fortress in order to capture it: 圍困; 圍攻; 圍城; 圍攻期間： a ~ of 50 days. 圍困五十天。 Before the ~ ended, the citizens were almost starving. 在圍困結(jié)束以前，市民已瀕臨饑餓邊緣。 /ay ~ to (a town, etc), surround and blockade it. 圍攻 (一城等) 。 raise a ~, end it by forcing the enemy's forces to withdraw. 解圍; 強迫敵人撤圍。 '~artillery/guns, big guns used in ~s (too heavy, in former times, for use in the field). 攻城炮。 |