(n) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack, Syn.military blockade, beleaguering, besieging
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beleaguered p. pr. & vb. n. Beleaguering. ] [ D. belegeren (akin to G. belagern, Sw. belägra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be- + leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See Lair. ] To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade. [ 1913 Webster ]
The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
[Qián Zhōng shū, ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄨ, 钱钟书 / 錢鐘書] Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), literary academic and novelist, studied in London and Paris author of the 1947 novel Beleaguered City 围城|围城 #38,795[Add to Longdo]
[cǎo mù jiē bīng, ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄅㄧㄥ, 草木皆兵] lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (成语 saw); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy; to feel beleaguered #62,880[Add to Longdo]
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