ambush
US: /ˈæmˌbʊʃ/
UK: /ˈæmbʊʃ/
UK: /ˈæmbʊʃ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ambush /'æmbuʃ/
- danh từ
- cuộc phục kích, cuộc mai phục
- quân phục kích, quân mai phục
- nơi phục kích, nơi mai phục
- sự nằm rình, sự nằm chờ
- to fall into an ambush: rơi vào một trận địa phục kích
- to lay (make) an ambush: bố trí một cuộc phục kích
- to lie (hide) in ambush for: phục kích, mai phục, nằm phục kích
- động từ
- phục kích, chận đánh, mai phục, bố trí quân phục kích
- nằm rình, nằm chờ
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun [C, U] the act of hiding and waiting for sb and then making a surprise attack on them: Two soldiers were killed in a terrorist ambush. + They were lying in ambush, waiting for the aid convoy. + The government was defeated in its attempt to pass the law by an opposition ambush.
+ verb [VN] to make a surprise attack on sb/sth from a hidden position: The guerrillas ambushed them near the bridge. + (figurative) She was ambushed by reporters and cameramen.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 trap, ambuscade or Archaic ambuscado:
The company set up an ambush near the crossroads.
v.
2 lie in wait, trap, waylay, ensnare, entrap, lurk, ambuscade, intercept, Colloq lay in wait, US bushwhack:
The guerrillas were ready to ambush the soldiers.
Collocation dictionary
VERB + AMBUSH
lay, prepare, set up
The soldiers set up an ambush on the road.
| lie in, wait in
The soldiers lay in ambush for the enemy troops.
| carry out, stage
They staged an ambush on an army patrol.
| be caught in, run into, walk into
We ran into an ambush in the valley.
AMBUSH + VERB
take place
PREP.
in an/the ~
Twelve menwere killed in the ambush.
| ~ on
an ambush on an army patrol
Concise English dictionary
ambushes|ambushed|ambushing
+the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
verb
+wait in hiding to attack
+hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
