ambush
n
1 [U] (of troops, police, etc) waiting in a hidden position to make a surprise attack (指部队, 警察等)在隐蔽位置等待突然袭击; 埋伏
lie/wait in ambush 打埋伏.
2 [C]
(a) surprise attack from a hidden position 从隐蔽位置突然袭击; 伏击
They laid an ambush for the enemy patrol. 他们埋伏起来准备伏击巡逻的敌人.
(b) people making such an attack 埋伏著的人; 伏兵.
(c) place from which it is made 设伏地点; 伏击处. ambush, v [Tn]
make a surprise attack on (sb) from a hidden position 从隐蔽位置突然袭击(某人); 伏击
ambush an enemy patrol 伏击巡逻的敌人.