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.政府遭到反对派埋伏，试图通过法律而失败。
Extra Examples- 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。
Topics War and conflictc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + ambushambush + verbpreposition- in an/the ambush
- ambush on
phrases- lie in ambush
- wait in ambush
See full entry 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.