英语词汇“to lie in ambush”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) Without article. The condition or position of being concealed in such a way, esp. in to lie in ambush. Also: the method or technique of positioning soldiers in concealment as a military strategy.

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1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. E.iii .v.C. foot men to lye close in ambush.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 471/2 in Chron. I The Lard of Drunlanrig lying al thys while in ambush..forbare to breake out to gyue anye charge vppon his enimies.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. §1. 424 Demetrius..was soone intercluded from the Towne, by those that lay in ambush.

1645 W. Hooke New-Englands Sence 19 Bands of Souldiers lying in ambush here under the fearn and brushet of the Wildernes.

1704 Boston News-let. 5 June 2/2 Some of the sculking Enemy lay in Ambush for people at Cochecho.

1796 R. Heron New Gen. Hist. Scotl. II. i. vi. 124 He and his followers, rising out of ambush; fell upon them unthinking of danger, and imperfectly armed.

1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. (London ed.) II. 228 Surrounded by hostile tribes, whose mode of warfare is by ambush and surprisal.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vi. 191 He chose..The bravest men to be in ambush for him.

1937 Life 3 May 65/3 (caption) The Mahsud and Wazir tribesmen usually fight from ambush.

2010 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 9 Nov. a1 Usually, insurgents lying in ambush patiently wait until soldiers enter a room before firing.

单词	to lie in ambush
释义	> as lemmas to lie in ambush (b) Without article. The condition or position of being concealed in such a way, esp. in to lie in ambush. Also: the method or technique of positioning soldiers in concealment as a military strategy. ΚΠ 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. E.iii .v.C. foot men to lye close in ambush. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 471/2 in Chron. I The Lard of Drunlanrig lying al thys while in ambush..forbare to breake out to gyue anye charge vppon his enimies. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. §1. 424 Demetrius..was soone intercluded from the Towne, by those that lay in ambush. 1645 W. Hooke New-Englands Sence 19 Bands of Souldiers lying in ambush here under the fearn and brushet of the Wildernes. 1704 Boston News-let. 5 June 2/2 Some of the sculking Enemy lay in Ambush for people at Cochecho. 1796 R. Heron New Gen. Hist. Scotl. II. i. vi. 124 He and his followers, rising out of ambush; fell upon them unthinking of danger, and imperfectly armed. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. (London ed.) II. 228 Surrounded by hostile tribes, whose mode of warfare is by ambush and surprisal. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vi. 191 He chose..The bravest men to be in ambush for him. 1937 Life 3 May 65/3 (caption) The Mahsud and Wazir tribesmen usually fight from ambush. 2010 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 9 Nov. a1 Usually, insurgents lying in ambush patiently wait until soldiers enter a room before firing. extracted from ambushn. < as lemmas
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