Ambush
“Ambush”是一个名词或动词,主要有两个含义:
- 作为名词:伏击、埋伏,指从隐藏的地方突然攻击
- 作为动词:伏击、埋伏,从隐藏的地方突然攻击
- The soldiers set up an ambush in the forest. (士兵们在森林中设置了伏击。)
- The enemy was ambushed by surprise. (敌人遭到突然伏击。)
- The ambush caught them completely off guard. (伏击让他们完全措手不及。)
“Ambush”来自古法语 “embuscher”,由 “en-”(在…中)和 “busche”(灌木丛)组成,原意为”在灌木丛中”。
- 前缀:am-(在…中,en-的变体)
- 词根:bush(灌木丛)
“Ambush”常用于军事、历史或比喻语境中,描述突然的、意外的攻击。
- 复数形式:ambushes
- 过去式:ambushed
可以将 “ambush” 与 “bush”(灌木丛)联系起来,想象在灌木丛中”埋伏”。
When I was a kid, my friends and I would ambush each other during hide-and-seek. We’d hide behind trees and jump out to surprise whoever was “it.” It was all fun and games until someone got scared and cried. Then we’d all feel bad and stop.
当我还是个孩子的时候,我和我的朋友们在捉迷藏时会互相伏击。我们会躲在树后面,跳出来吓唬”抓人”的人。这都很有趣,直到有人被吓哭了。然后我们都会感到难过并停止。