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TOEFL BNC: 12166 COCA: 11303

ambush

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am·bush /ˈæmbʊʃ/ ●○○ noun [countableC, uncountableU]  
ATTACKa sudden attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them, or the place where this happens 伏击，埋伏；埋伏地点
 The soldiers were killed in an ambush.
那些士兵遭伏击身亡。
 In winter the danger of ambush is much reduced.
冬天，遭伏击的危险大大减少。
lie/wait in ambush
 Armed police lay in ambush behind the hedge.
武装警察埋伏在树篱后面。
► see thesaurus at attack
—ambush verb [transitiveT]
 Everybody thought our train would be ambushed, but we got out safely.
所有人都认为我们的火车会遭伏击，但是我们安全地出来了。
Examples from the Corpus
ambush• Six or seven of the passengers were killed in an ambush on the narrowest part of the road.• He no longer walked around as if every step might take him into an ambush.• They moved slowly, knowing that in the next clump of trees enemy soldiers might be lying in ambush.• If you must walk alone at night keep a look out for potential ambush spots and cross the road to avoid them.• I walk out of the building tensing myself for the ambush.• LoEsheLacy, a junior at McClymonds High School, was killed in the ambush.• The sappers crept a little closer, past the vacated ambush site.• Richard Montacune had been driven from his first vantage post, where ambush had given him the edge of surprise.
lie/wait in ambush• The old enemies, undefeated, have devised new strategies; new assailants lie in ambush.• For all he knew, Mrs Solomon might have been waiting in ambush.• Had he been on the Cardinal's business or lying in ambush for Irvine?• They were calling off their comrades who waited in ambush further ahead.
Origin ambush
(1300-1400) Old French embuschier, from en “in” + busche “wood”
am·bush noun
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TOEFL BNC: 12166 COCA: 11303
ambush

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ADJECTIVE | VERB + AMBUSH | AMBUSH + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤deadly致命的伏擊➤enemy敵軍的埋伏VERB + AMBUSH➤lay, prepare, set up設下埋伏；預備下埋伏◇The soldiers set up an ambush on the road.士兵在路上設了埋伏。➤carry out, spring, stage實施伏擊；策劃伏擊◇They staged an ambush on an army patrol.他們策劃了對一支陸軍巡邏隊的伏擊。➤be caught in, run into, walk into陷入埋伏中；中埋伏；走進埋伏圈◇We ran into an ambush in the valley.我們在山谷裏中了埋伏。AMBUSH + VERB➤take place伏擊發生PREPOSITION➤in an/the ambush在伏擊中◇Twelve men were killed in the ambush.12 人在伏擊中喪生。➤ambush on對⋯的伏擊◇an ambush on an army patrol對一支陸軍巡邏隊的伏擊PHRASES➤lie in ambush, wait in ambush趴在埋伏圈；等着伏擊◇The soldiers lay in ambush for the enemy troops.戰士們趴在埋伏圈裏，等着敵軍的到來。
TOEFL BNC: 12166 COCA: 11303
TOEFL BNC: 12166 COCA: 11303
ambush
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