leaguer

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A siege.
    — We must break the leaguer of the city.
  2. A person in a league in-compounds,usually
    — I'm not a major-leaguer; I just play baseball.
  3. A measure of liquid.
    — Excise duty had to be paid on each leaguer of brandy exported.
  4. The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.
    — Your sutler's wife in the leaguer, of two blanks
动词 v.
  1. To set up camp.
    — So we leaguer here, get some sleep pray God, we had damn all last night, everyone doing repairs till all hours...
  2. To beleaguer; to besiege. obsolete
    — Looking up suddenly, I found mine eyes / Confronted with the minster's vast repose. / Silent and gray as forest-leaguered cliff / Left inland by the ocean's slow retreat, […]

词形变化

leaguers plural leaguers present,singular,third-person leaguering participle,present leaguered participle,past leaguered past leaguers plural leaguers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
leaguerer
相关词
beleaguered

词源

词源 1
From Dutch leger (“army”), itself derived from Proto-Germanic *legrą. Doublet of lair.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English league
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English leaguer
From league + -er.
词源 3
Related to lager.
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