beleaguer
英 [b?'li?g?]
美
- vt. 圍攻；圍
GRE
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?beleaguers;過去式:?beleaguered;過去分詞:?beleaguered;現在分詞:?beleaguering;
英文詞源
- 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 bel?gra, Dutch belegeren "besiege," German Belagerung "siege"). Spelling influenced by league. Related: Beleaguered; beleaguering.