ambush
ambush
am∙bush / ˈæmbuʃ ; ˈæmbʊʃ /
◙noun [C,U]
1. a 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小。
»lie / wait in ambush
»Armed police lay in ambush behind the hedge.
武装警察埋伏在树篱后面。
♦ambushverb [T]
»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。
