am·bush
noun/ˈæmbʊʃ/
/ˈæmbʊʃ/
[countable, uncountable]- the act of hiding and waiting for somebody and then making a surprise attack on them
伏击；埋伏 - Two soldiers were killed in a terrorist ambush.
两名士兵遭到恐怖分子伏击而死亡。 - They were lying in ambush, waiting for the aid convoy.
他们埋伏起来，等着袭击援助车队。 - The government was defeated in its attempt to pass the law by an opposition ambush.
政府试图通过这项法律，但遭到反对派的伏击，失败了。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2- We ran into an ambush in the valley.
我们在山谷里中了埋伏。 - The soldiers set up an ambush on the road.
士兵在路上设了埋伏。 - They staged an ambush on an army patrol.
他们策划了对一支陆军巡逻队的伏击。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deadly
- enemy
- lay
- prepare
- set up
- …
- take place
- in an/the ambush
- ambush on
- lie in ambush
- wait in ambush
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘place troops in hiding in order to surprise an enemy’): from Old French embusche (noun), embuschier (verb), based on a late Latin word meaning ‘to place in a wood’; related to bush. - Two soldiers were killed in a terrorist ambush.