siege

包围，围攻，围困英释nna situation in which an army or the police surround a place and try to gain control of it or force someone to come out of it

1 under siege,被包围

2 lay siege to,包围，围攻；努力追求

3 raise the siege,停止围攻；解围

1 The siege lasted almost four months..这次封锁历时近四个月。

2 a three-day police siege at a remote country cottage.警方对一座偏僻村舍历时三天的包围