ambush
verb [ T ] uk/ˈæm.bʊʃ/ us/ˈæm.bʊʃ/
伏击，埋伏突袭
to suddenly attack someone after hiding and waiting for them
Five soldiers died after their bus was ambushed on a country road. 公车在一条乡村道路上遭到伏击，车上5名士兵身亡。
He was ambushed by gunmen on his way to work. 他在上班的路上遭到了持枪歹徒的伏击。
Synonym: waylay
ambush
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈæm.bʊʃ/ us/ˈæm.bʊʃ/
伏击，埋伏突袭
an occasion when a person or group of people are ambushed
Several passers-by were killed in the ambush. 这次伏击行动造成数名路人死亡。
Fear of ambush prevents the police from going to high-risk areas. 由于害怕遭到伏击，警察不敢去高风险地区巡逻。
lie/wait in ambush 埋伏下来等待发动袭击
to hide and wait for someone in order to attack them
The soldiers lay in ambush, their guns loaded.
They marched into the valleys to lie in ambush near the roads.
His weapons had been taken by someone who must have been lying in ambush nearby.
The waited in ambush, then surrounded the traitors on the bridge.
We entered the room warily, worried the enemy might be waiting in ambush.