ambush

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++am·bush /ˈæmbʊʃ/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable]  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 [transitive] 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”

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ambush
am‧bush /ˈæmbʊʃ/ noun [uncountable and countable]a sudden attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them, or the place where this happens:
    The soldiers were killed in an ambush.
    In winter the danger of ambush is much reduced.
    lie/wait in ambush
    Armed police lay in ambush behind the hedge.
—ambush verb [transitive]:
    Everybody thought our train would be ambushed, but we got out safely.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ attack noun [uncountable and countable] an act of using weapons against an enemy in a war: The US was threatening to launch an attack on Iran. | The men had been carrying out rocket attacks on British forces. | Bombs have been falling throughout the night, and the city is still under attack (=being attacked).
   ▪ invasion noun [uncountable and countable] an occasion when an army enters a country and tries to take control of it: The Allies began their invasion of Europe. | The threat of foreign invasion is very real.
   ▪ raid noun [countable] a short attack on a place by soldiers or planes, intended to cause damage but not take control: an air raid | NATO warplanes carried out a series of bombing raids on the city. | The village has been the target of frequent raids by rebel groups.
   ▪ strike noun [countable] a sudden military attack, especially after a serious disagreement: Senior Israeli officials warned that they were still considering a military strike. | the possibility of a nuclear strike
   ▪ assault noun [countable] a military attack intended to take control of a city, area, or building controlled by an enemy: The final military assault on Kwangju began at 3 am on May 27. | Hitler launched an all-out assault (=using as many soldiers, weapons, planes etc as possible) on Russia.
   ▪ ambush noun [uncountable and countable] a sudden attack by people who have been waiting and hiding, especially an attack on a vehicle or people who are travelling somewhere: Five soldiers were shot in the back and killled in the ambush. | Enemy forces waiting in ambush opened fire on the vehicle.
   ▪ counterattack noun [uncountable and countable] a military attack made in response to an attack by an enemy: Government forces launched a counterattack against the guerillas. | If they successfully occupied the city, they would need to be capable of defending it against enemy counterattack.
   ▪ onslaught noun [countable] formal a large violent attack by an army: In 1544 there was a full-scale onslaught on France, in which the English took Boulogne. | The troops were preparing for another onslaught against the enemy.