資料來源 : pyDict
圍攻,使苦惱,鑲嵌
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Beset \Be*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beset}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Besetting}.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G.
besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See
{Set}.]
1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent
objects.
A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.
--Spectator.
The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet
shrubs that it perfumes the air. --Evelyn.
2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to
blockade. ``Beset with foes.'' --Milton.
Let thy troops beset our gates. --Addison.
3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said
of dangers, obstacles, etc. ``Adam, sore beset, replied.''
--Milton. ``Beset with ills.'' --Addison. ``Incommodities
which beset old age.'' --Burke.
4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege;
encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.
Beset \Be*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beset}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Besetting}.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G.
besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See
{Set}.]
1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent
objects.
A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.
--Spectator.
The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet
shrubs that it perfumes the air. --Evelyn.
2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to
blockade. ``Beset with foes.'' --Milton.
Let thy troops beset our gates. --Addison.
3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said
of dangers, obstacles, etc. ``Adam, sore beset, replied.''
--Milton. ``Beset with ills.'' --Addison. ``Incommodities
which beset old age.'' --Burke.
4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege;
encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.
資料來源 : WordNet®
beset
v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his
female co-workers" [syn: {harass}, {hassle}, {harry}, {chivy},
{chivvy}, {chevy}, {chevvy}, {plague}, {molest}, {provoke}]
2: assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by
leopards" [syn: {set upon}]
3: decorate or cover lavishly with gems [syn: {encrust}, {incrust}]
[also: {besetting}]