ambuscade英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy. dated

— The plot of the tragedy at hand was the very old one of the decoy and the ambuscade […]
The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.

— I went so far with it in my Imagination, that I employed my self several days to find out proper Places to put my self in Ambuscade
The body of troops lying in ambush.

动词 v.

To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay. dated

— About noon we passed a small village in Merrimack at Thornton's Ferry, and tasted of the waters of Naticook Brook on the same side, where French and his companions, whose grave we saw in Dunstable, were ambuscaded by the Indians.

词形变化

ambuscades plural ambuscades present,singular,third-person ambuscading participle,present ambuscaded participle,past ambuscaded past

词汇关系

衍生词

ambuscader

词源

词源 1

From French embuscade, from Italian imboscata from the past participle of imboscare (“to ambush”), from Vulgar Latin *imbosco (“I hide, ambush”) (see there for more), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambush. More at bush.

词源 2

From French embuscade, from Italian imboscata from the past participle of imboscare (“to ambush”), from Vulgar Latin *imbosco (“I hide, ambush”) (see there for more), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambush. More at bush.