ambuscade

n. 埋伏, 伏兵, 埋伏处 v. 打埋伏, 伏击

发音

其它 /ˈæmbəsˌkeɪd/

词形变化

ambuscades 复数 ambuscades ambuscaded ambuscades 三单 ambuscading ambuscading 现在分词 ambuscaded 过去式 ambuscaded 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.

    过时
  2. 2.

    The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.

  3. 3.

    The body of troops lying in ambush.

v.
  1. 1.

    To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.

    过时

    But aside from its love story, the picture is filled with the fighting and shooting, fording rivers with wagon trains, Indians ambuscading wagon trains, scouts who drink whisky and fight and ride magnificently.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

trap ambush lying in wait

上位词 1

coup de main
动词

同义词 6

ambush lurk waylay scupper bushwhack lie in wait

上位词 1

wait

词源

From French embuscade, from Italian imboscata from the past participle of imboscare (“to ambush”), from Vulgar Latin *imbosco (“I hide, ambush”) (see there for more), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambush. More at bush.

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