Ambush
['æmbʊʃ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
(verb.) wait in hiding to attack.
阿斯特編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
珍妮特編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Ambuscade.
黛博拉校對
解釋/意思:
n. and v. same meanings as Ambuscade.—n. Am′bushment (B.) ambush.
校對:斯坦顿
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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/造句/用法:
- 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. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Another of our parties had been fired on from an ambush and then attacked in the open day. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Then came the tale of hair-breadth escapes, combats with dogs, ambush and flight, as gipsey-like we encompassed our pot. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Its tactics are like those of the Indian who fights under cover or lies in ambush for his enemy. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It is modest and retiring, it lies in ambush, waits and waits. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He pressed south into Etruria, and ambushed, surrounded, and completely destroyed a Roman army at Lake Trasimene. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A body of men penetrating it might easily be ambushed. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
校對:内奥米