siege
/siːdʒ/noun
1- a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside（军事）围困; 围攻：
Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks
凡尔顿经受住了十周的围困
as modifier siege warfare.围攻战。
1.1
- a similar operation by a police or other force to compel the surrender of an armed person（警方或其他武力）包围, 围困。
短语
lay siege to
- conduct a siege of (a place)包围, 围攻（某地）：
government forces laid siege to the building
政府武装包围了整幢楼
figurative 〈喻〉the press laid siege to her flat.
新闻记者把她的公寓围得水泄不通。
under siege
- (of a place) undergoing a siege（某地）处在包围之中。
词源
Middle English: from Old French sege, from asegier 'besiege'.