beset 音标拼音: [bɪs'ɛt]
vt . 围攻,使苦恼,镶嵌
围攻,使苦恼,镶嵌
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 " [
synonym : {
harass }, {
hassle }, {
harry }, {
chivy },
{
chivvy }, {
chevy }, {
chevvy }, {
beset }, {
plague }, {
molest },
{
provoke }]
2 :
assail or attack on all sides : "
The zebra was beset by leopards " [
synonym : {
beset }, {
set upon }]
3 :
decorate or cover lavishly (
as with gems ) [
synonym : {
encrust },
{
incrust }, {
beset }]
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 .
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A robe of azure beset with drops of gold .
--
Spectator .
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The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air . --
Evelyn .
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2 .
To hem in ;
to waylay ;
to surround ;
to besiege ;
to blockade . "
Beset with foes ." --
Milton .
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Let thy troops beset our gates . --
Addison .
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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 .
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4 .
To occupy ;
to employ ;
to use up . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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Syn :
To surround ;
inclose ;
environ ;
hem in ;
besiege ;
encircle ;
encompass ;
embarrass ;
urge ;
press .
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1913 Webster ]
279 Moby Thesaurus words for "
beset ":
abashed ,
afflict ,
afflicted ,
aggravate ,
agitated ,
ail ,
annoy ,
annoyed ,
anxious ,
apply pressure ,
assail ,
assault ,
attack ,
badger ,
badgered ,
bait ,
baited ,
barred ,
be at ,
be the matter ,
bedevil ,
bedeviled ,
beleaguer ,
beleaguered ,
besiege ,
besieged ,
blandish ,
blockade ,
blockaded ,
bother ,
bothered ,
bound ,
box in ,
bristle ,
brown off ,
bug ,
bugged ,
bullyrag ,
bullyragged ,
burn up ,
buttonhole ,
cabined ,
cage ,
caged ,
cajole ,
cast down ,
chagrined ,
chamber ,
chapfallen ,
chivied ,
chivy ,
circle ,
cloistered ,
close in ,
closed -
in ,
coax ,
compass ,
compel ,
complicate matters ,
concern ,
confined ,
confused ,
contain ,
coop ,
coop in ,
coop up ,
cooped ,
cordon ,
cordon off ,
cordoned ,
cordoned off ,
corral ,
corralled ,
cramped ,
crawl with ,
creep with ,
cribbed ,
devil ,
deviled ,
discomfited ,
discomforted ,
discommode ,
discompose ,
discomposed ,
disconcerted ,
disquieted ,
distemper ,
distress ,
distressed ,
disturb ,
disturbed ,
dog ,
dogged ,
drive ,
dun ,
embarrassed ,
encircle ,
enclose ,
enclosed ,
encompass ,
enshrine ,
envelop ,
environ ,
exasperate ,
exercise ,
exert pressure ,
fall ,
fash ,
fence in ,
fenced ,
fret ,
fretted ,
gem ,
get ,
gird ,
girdle ,
grip ,
gripe ,
grubby ,
harass ,
harassed ,
harried ,
harry ,
haunt ,
haunted ,
heckle ,
heckled ,
hector ,
hectored ,
hedge in ,
hedged ,
hem ,
hem in ,
hemmed ,
hold ,
hound ,
hounded ,
house in ,
hung up ,
hunt ,
ill at ease ,
immured ,
impel ,
importune ,
impound ,
imprison ,
imprisoned ,
incarcerate ,
incarcerated ,
include ,
inconvenience ,
inconvenienced ,
infatuate ,
infest ,
infested ,
invade ,
invest ,
irk ,
irked ,
jail ,
jailed ,
jewel ,
kennel ,
lay siege to ,
leaguer ,
leaguered ,
lousy ,
mew ,
mew up ,
mewed ,
miff ,
molest ,
mortified ,
nag ,
nag at ,
needle ,
needled ,
nettle ,
nipped at ,
not let go ,
nudzh ,
obsess ,
oppress ,
out of countenance ,
overrun ,
overspread ,
overswarm ,
paled ,
pedicular ,
pediculous ,
peeve ,
pen ,
pen in ,
penned ,
pent -
up ,
perplex ,
persecute ,
persecuted ,
perturb ,
perturbed ,
pester ,
pestered ,
pick on ,
picked on ,
pique ,
plague ,
plagued ,
pluck the beard ,
ply ,
pocket ,
possess ,
pother ,
preoccupy ,
press ,
pressure ,
provoke ,
pursue ,
push ,
put out ,
put to it ,
put -
out ,
put -
upon ,
puzzle ,
puzzled ,
quarantine ,
quarantined ,
ragged ,
rail in ,
railed ,
ratty ,
ravage ,
ravaged ,
restrained ,
ride ,
rile ,
ring ,
roil ,
ruffle ,
shrine ,
shut in ,
shut up ,
shut -
in ,
soften up ,
sore beset ,
stable ,
storm ,
strike ,
surround ,
swarm ,
swarm with ,
tease ,
teased ,
teeming ,
torment ,
tormented ,
trouble ,
troubled ,
try the patience ,
tweak the nose ,
uncomfortable ,
uneasy ,
upset ,
urge ,
vex ,
vexed ,
victimize ,
wall in ,
walled ,
walled -
in ,
wheedle ,
work on ,
wormy ,
worried ,
worried sick ,
worried stiff ,
worry ,
wrap ,
yard ,
yard up
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