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siege /sidʒ; siːdʒ/
n [C,U]
1 a military operation in which an army surrounds a place and stops supplies of food, weapons etc from getting to it 〔军队的〕包围，围攻，围困:
the siege of Vienna 维也纳之围
a city under siege (=surrounded by an army) 被包围的城市
2 when a building is surrounded by a group of people, and the people inside cannot get out 〔对建筑物的〕包围:
be under siege Mellor's apartment was soon under siege from newspaper and TV reporters. 梅勒的寓所不久就被报纸和电视记者包围。
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