| 释义 |
sieger Now rare.|ˈsiːdʒə(r)|
Also 6 Sc. segear, 6–7 seiger.
[f. siege v. + -er.]
A besieger.
1533Bellenden Livy v. ix. (S.T.S.) II. 179 It had done during all þe said tyme mare dammage to þe segearis þan It gat. 1556Aurelio & Isab. (1608) B v, He ordeyned that the house shoulde be sette aboute with his siegers. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. (1623) 555 He gaue commaund to his Seneschalle..to withdraw the Seigers. 1774Poetry in Ann. Reg. 215 The more delay the siegers found,..More fierce they mount the breach. 1825Scott Betrothed xxix, Then let us make a fair sally upon the siegers. 1842I. Williams Baptistery i. iv. (1874) 41 To..take his part With siegers or besieged. |