Front | ambush |
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Pron | ['æmbʊʃ] |
Back | 【ambush】 n. 伏兵 v. 埋伏 The soldiers lay in ambush, waiting for the signal to open fire. 士兵布下伏兵,等待开火的信号。 The major ambushed his troops in the woods on both sides of the road. 少校把他的部队埋伏在马路两旁的树丛中。 |
Vocab | ambushthe act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
An ambush is a sneak attack. To ambush your enemy, hide and wait for him to come near and then pounce on him. In war or in backyards, an ambush is a great way to surprise someone. Ambush comes from a Latin word meaning “to place in a wood,” and hiding in the woods behind a tree is a classic starting point for an ambush. The actual attack is called an ambush, but ambush is also a verb, so you can ambush your mom by dropping water balloons on her head from a tree. Please don’t tell her where you got that idea. All forms of 'ambush' will appear on average once every 995 pages. ambush ambusher |
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