Ambush
['æmbʊʃ]
解释:
(noun.) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
(verb.) wait in hiding to attack.
阿斯特编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
(v. t.) A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
(v. t.) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
(v. t.) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
(v. t.) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
(v. i.) To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
珍妮特编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. Ambuscade.
黛博拉校对
解释:
n. and v. same meanings as Ambuscade.—n. Am′bushment (B.) ambush.
校对:斯坦顿
娱乐性解释：
To dream that your are atacked{sic} from ambush, denotes that you have lurking secretly near you a danger, which will soon set upon and overthrow you if you are heedless of warnings. If you lie in ambush to revenge yourself on others, you will unhesitatingly stoop to debasing actions to defraud your friends.
整理:韦尔登
例句:
- One of the officers now came forward: General, he said, we neither fear the courage, nor arms, the open attack, nor secret ambush of the Moslems. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Another of our parties had been fired on from an ambush and then attacked in the open day. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Then came the tale of hair-breadth escapes, combats with dogs, ambush and flight, as gipsey-like we encompassed our pot. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Its tactics are like those of the Indian who fights under cover or lies in ambush for his enemy. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- It is modest and retiring, it lies in ambush, waits and waits. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- He pressed south into Etruria, and ambushed, surrounded, and completely destroyed a Roman army at Lake Trasimene. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- A body of men penetrating it might easily be ambushed. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- A few months later the Major and thirty soldiers were ambushed near the spot at which the hunting-party had camped, and all were killed. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
校对:内奥米