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单词 besieging
释义 I. beˈsieging, vbl. n.|bɪˈsiːdʒɪŋ|
Also 4 bi-, 5 besegynge.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of laying siege to (a place); the condition of being besieged.
1382Wyclif Ezek. iv. 2 Thou shalt ordeyne aȝens it a bisegynge.1388Jer. x. 17 Thou that dwellist in bisegyng.1560Whitehorne Art Warre (1588) 93 b, The defending and besieging of townes.1611Bible Ecclus. l. 4 He..fortified the citie against besieging.1801Strutt Sports & Past. ii. ii. 66 Chiefly used in besieging of cities.
II. beˈsieging, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That besieges; employed in a siege.
1813Examiner 17 May 307/2 The besieging corps before Dantzick.1820Keats St. Agnes xl, The arras..Flutter'd in the besieging wind's uproar.1863Holland Lett. Joneses xv, A will as patient..as that which a besieging army needs.
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