beset的词源
英文词源
- beset (v.)
- Old English besettan "to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege," from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (cognates: Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be- + set (v.). The figurative sense also was in Old English. Related: Beset (past tense); besetting.
中文词源
发音释义:[bɪ'set] vt.困扰,围攻;围绕,镶嵌,布满
结构解释:beset = be(前缀)+set(放置)→围绕→围攻、困扰
词组习语:be beset by/with(受…困扰)
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前缀be-, 强调。set, 放置。来自军事用语,指包围。