| 释义 |
leaguer
I. lea·guer \-gə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Dutch leger camp, siege, couch, lair, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old High German legar act of lying, bed — more at lair
1.
a. : a military camp: as
(1) : the camp of a besieging army
(2) : laager
b. : siege
< the leaguer of Leningrad was broken — R.C.K.Ensor >
2. archaic : a resident ambassador or agent
II. lea·guer verb
(leaguered ; leaguered ; leaguering \-g(ə)riŋ\ ; leaguers)
intransitive verb
: encamp; specifically : to form a laager
< at no time did a squadron leaguer forward of the local infantry — J.C.Gorman >
transitive verb
: besiege, beleaguer
< the tide of war beats high around the leaguered walls — J.J.Roche >
III. leagu·er noun
(-s)
Etymology: league (II) + -er
: a member of a league — usually used with a qualifier indicating membership in a particular league
< 12 million youth leaguers — Kuo-Chan Chao >
IV. lea·guer noun
(-s)
Etymology: Dutch ligger, legger tun, from liggen to lie (akin to Old English licgan to lie) & leggen to lay (akin to Old English lecgan to lay) + -er (akin to Old English -ere -er) — more at lie, lay, -er
: an old Dutch unit of liquid capacity equal to about 128 imperial gallons (153.7 United States gallons or 5.82 hectoliters) still in use (as in the Union of So. Africa) |