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单词 ambuscado
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ambuscadon.

Brit. /ˌambᵿˈskeɪdəʊ/, /ˌambᵿˈskɑːdəʊ/, U.S. /ˌæmbəˈskeɪdoʊ/
Inflections: Plural ambuscados, ambuscadoes.
Forms: 1500s– ambuscado, 1600s amboscado, 1600s amboschado, 1600s embascado, 1600s emboscado.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ambuscade n.
Etymology: Alteration of ambuscade n.; compare -ado suffix, and perhaps also Spanish emboscado (past participle) ambushed (end of the 15th cent. or earlier; frequently in estar emboscado to lie in ambush). Compare earlier ambush n., ambushment n.The forms with -a- in the second syllable perhaps result from association with ambassade n.
Now archaic and rare.
1.
a. Chiefly Military. A positioning of soldiers, etc., in a concealed place, in order to surprise and attack an enemy; the surprise attack itself. Also: the condition or position of being concealed in such a way. Also in extended use. Cf. ambush n. 1, ambuscade n. 1a.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > sudden or surprise attack > ambush
wanlacec1330
ambushmentc1380
bushmentc1380
ambush1489
ambuscade1589
ambuscado?1591
embuscado1686
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > hostile lying in wait > that which
ambush1573
ambuscade1589
ambuscado?1591
?1591 T. Coningsby Jrnl. Siege Rouen (Harl. 288) 21 in Camden Misc. (1847) I He had intention to fighte with us,..although we had escaped his other ambuscado.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 110 Ambuscados..are to be done in places of couert; as woods, thickets, etc.
1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. sig. Ev To lye in Ambuscado to surprize him.
1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) iv. iii. 632 In vain doth the Enemy lay his Ambuscado's.
1729 Madagascar 98 I heard of nothing but a little Bush-fighting and Ambuscadoes.
1755 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 132/2 He talk'd; and many a tale he told Of battles, and of ambuscadoes.
1864 R. Jones Battle Flodden Field 76 Till some English, like tornado, Rushed from deepest ambuscado.
1899 H. Stuart Lochs & Loch Fishing vi. 59 Eels never attempt to take trout save by the guile of an ambuscado.
1912 B. M. Dix Gate of Horn ii. 173 It was a splendid siege of nearly a month's duration, with mines and countermines, sallies and ambuscadoes.
1983 B. Kennelly Time for Voices (1990) 160 Rushing down from hillsides, ambuscadoes, Passes in the mountains.
b. figurative and in figurative contexts. Cf. ambush n. 3, ambuscade n. 1b.
ΚΠ
1613 W. Leighton Teares or Lament. 181 Looke into thy bosome man, an Ambuscado there there doth lie.
1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden iv. v. 185 Had you your ambuscado for me?
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 284 The judicious reader may perceive such a reserve, tho it lay in ambuscado.
1845 A. C. Coxe Saul i. iii. 31 Out, away false boy, I see all ambuscados in thy words.
1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 113 Death himself had me by the heels, for this was his last ambuscado.
1969 R. Ellison in Q. Rev. Lit. 16 327 A duplicity was being commissioned, an ambuscado trained upon those who thought they knew themselves and me.
2. Military. A member of a body of soldiers concealed in order to surprise and attack an enemy. Cf. ambush n. 2, ambuscade n. 2. Usually in plural. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for attack > ambushing force
ambushmenta1393
bushmentc1465
ambush1489
ambuscado1595
ambuscade1645
1595 H. Roberts Pheander sig. Q They hyed them towards the Campe, and was by the Ambuscadoes soone surprized and brought to the Pauilion of the Generall.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 72 Saladin..with certaine ambuscadoes charged the rereward.
1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes iii. 224 My Ambuscadoes and Troopers fired at them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

ambuscadov.

Brit. /ˌambᵿˈskeɪdəʊ/, /ˌambᵿˈskɑːdəʊ/, U.S. /ˌæmbəˈskeɪdoʊ/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ambuscado n.
Etymology: < ambuscado n. Compare earlier ambuscade v., ambush v.
Now rare (archaic and historical in later use).
1. transitive. To hide or conceal (a person or group, esp. soldiers) in order to make a surprise attack. Frequently reflexive: to conceal (oneself) for this purpose. Cf. ambuscade v. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > ambush > place troops in position to ambush
ambusha1375
ambuscade1600
ambuscado1638
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) i. 89 He..is with such fury assaulted by Ebraim-chan (..here ambuscadoed with six thousand horse) that little wanted of foiling him.
1668 T. St. Serfe Tarugo's Wiles iii. 24 It was in the latter end of March when the Corn was so high that we ambuscado'd our Cavall'ry.
1673 J. Ogilby Asia 93/2 Going into the Thickets with his Attendants, he ambuscado'd himself, and shot the Stags as they pass'd by.
2. transitive. To set up a concealed body of soldiers in (a place) in order to make a surprise attack; to lie in ambush in (a place). Cf. ambuscade v. 3. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1644 Copie Lett. Lord Generall his Quarters sig. A2v [They] drew out their men to ambuscado the hedges, and the souldiers themselves wrought..to raise the Banks.
1655 J. Daniell Let. 3 June in Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) III. 506 Buller, neere the stronge fort in the towne road, where the enemy had ambuscadoed..the wood.
3. transitive (frequently in passive). To carry out a surprise attack on (a person or group); to ambush. Also in figurative contexts. Cf. ambuscade v. 4.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > ambush
to take under wait1533
ambush1555
ambuscadoa1649
ambuscade1676
a1649 S. Crook Τα Διαϕεροντα (1658) i. xxvi. 380 He avoideth marching too near the enemies works or forts,..that he be not snapt, or ambuscadoed by the enemy.
1649 Sc. Souldiers Lament. 21 Gods judgements can ambuscado our valour, and when wee thinke our enemies are flying before us, we may see our Cities on fire behind our backs.
1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat III. 243 He was sure the house was entered by the report of the pistol, and that we were ambuscadoed.
1979 J. Barth Letters (1994) 503 It would be no problem to have the admiral ambuscado'd en route to Dr. Beanes's house.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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