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，但遭到了反对派的伏击。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2We 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.
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ambush
verb- ambush somebody/something
to make a surprise attack on somebody/something from a hidden position 伏击 The guerrillas ambushed them near the bridge. 游击队员在大桥附近伏击了他们。 - (figurative)
She was ambushed by reporters. 记者突然一拥而上采访她。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAmbush is used with these nouns as the object:- convoy
- patrol
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.
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