| 释义 |
lay siege toConduct a siege of (a place): government forces laid siege to the building figurative the press laid siege to her flat...- After the battle the English expeditionary force landed and laid siege to Rounai.
- The Takeda army that laid siege to Nagashino castle consisted of 15,000 men, of whom 12,000 took part in the subsequent battle.
- The objective was to silence the forts so that minesweepers could clear the minefields to allow the fleet to force the Dardanelles and lay siege to Constantinople (now Istanbul).
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