单词 | ambush |
释义 | am·bush ![]() n. 1. A sudden attack made from a concealed position. 2. a. Those hiding in order to attack by surprise: The captain stationed an ambush near the harbor. b. The hiding place used for such an attack: "Uncle Harm had hunted the way Trapper did—on foot, stalking and laying traps, shooting from ambush" (Rick Bass). tr.v. am·bushed, am·bush·ing, am·bush·es To attack from a concealed position. [Middle English embushen, to place in concealment among bushes, lay in wait, from Old French embuschier, from Frankish *boscu, bush, woods.] ambush′er n. Synonyms: ambush, bushwhack, waylay These verbs mean to attack suddenly and without warning from a concealed place: guerrillas ambushing a platoon; a patrol bushwhacked by poachers; a truck waylaid by robbers. |
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