ambush英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise. countable,uncountable
An attack launched from a concealed position. countable,uncountable

— Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege / Or ambush from the deep.
The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched. countable,uncountable

— the Georgean hills, Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues, That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray:
The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait. countable,uncountable

— And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ranne as soone as he had stretched out his hand: and they entred into the city, and tooke it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire.

动词 v.

To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy. obsolete,transitive

— By ambuſh’d men, behind their Temple laid, / VVe have the King of Mexico betray’d.
To attack by ambush; to waylay. transitive

— The contrast with the start was profound. In the opening 40 minutes Löw’s team had been ambushed here, the world champions run into a state of breathless trauma by a thrillingly vibrant Mexico attack.

词形变化

ambushes plural ambushes present,singular,third-person ambushing participle,present ambushed participle,past ambushed past

词汇关系

衍生词

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词源

词源 1

From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”) (whence also bouquet), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.

词源 2

From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”) (whence also bouquet), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.