ambushes

n.

v.

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1. VERB 打埋伏;伏击 If a group of people ambush their enemies, they attack them after hiding and waiting for them. 
  • The Guatemalan army says rebels ambushed and killed 10 patrolmen.

    危地马拉军方说叛乱分子伏击打死了10名巡逻兵。

2. N-VAR 埋伏;伏击 An ambush is an attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them. 
  • A policeman has been shot dead in an ambush.

    一次伏击中一名警察中弹身亡。

3. PHRASE 埋伏着 If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them. 
  • The gunmen, lying in ambush, opened fire, killing the driver.

    埋伏的枪手开枪打死了司机。