/'æmbʊʃ; `æmbuʃ/
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 埋伏着的人; 伏兵.
(c) place from which it is made 设伏地点; 伏击处.

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.

n [U and C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: embuschier, from en 'in' + busche 'wood']
a sudden attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them, or the place where this happens
　The soldiers were killed in an ambush.
　In winter the danger of ambush is much reduced.
lie/wait in ambush
　Armed police lay in ambush behind the hedge.
>ambushv [T]
　Everybody thought our train would be ambushed, but we got out safely.