besiege
/bɪˈsiːdʒ/verb
with obj.
1- surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender; lay siege to围攻（某地）; 包围：
the king marched north to besiege Berwick
国王向北进军去围攻贝里克
as adj.besieged the besieged city.被围困的城市。
1.1
- crowd round oppressively; surround and harass拥在…周围; 围困, 纠缠：
she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen.
她一整天都被记者缠住。
1.2
be besieged
be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints被（大量要求或抱怨）扰得应接不暇（或焦头烂额）：the television station was besieged with calls.
电视台里电话应接不暇。
派生词
besieger
noun词源
Middle English: alteration (by change of prefix) of assiege, from Old French asegier.