English Dictionary

besiege

/bəˈsiːd͡ʒ/

verb

(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer. / (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.

The enemy forces besiege the castle.

意味（1）

(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.

When it arrived, the train was headed by a K class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.

意味（3）

to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.