| 单词 | siege of Syracuse |
| 释义 | siege of Syracuse (once / 227295 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY siege of Syracuse USAGE EXAMPLESArchimedes at the siege of Syracuse even made some throwing 1800 ℔. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) Almost all that is told of Archimedes reaches us through the accounts by Polybius and Plutarch of the siege of Syracuse by Marcellus. Heath, Thomas Little, Archimedes—Men of Science(2011) Thus he devised for Hiero engines of war which almost terrified the Romans, and which protracted the siege of Syracuse for three years. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) 1 n the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes) 2Syn|Exp Syracuse beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack n the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse Syn|Exp Syracuse beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack |
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