ambush
n
1 [U] (of troops, police, etc) waiting in a hidden position to make a surprise attack (指部隊, 警察等)在隱蔽位置等待突然襲擊; 埋伏
lie/wait in ambush 打埋伏.
2 [C]
(a) surprise attack from a hidden position 從隱蔽位置突然襲擊; 伏擊
They laid an ambush for the enemy patrol. 他們埋伏起來準備伏擊巡邏的敵人.
(b) people making such an attack 埋伏著的人; 伏兵.
(c) place from which it is made 設伏地點; 伏擊處. ambush, v [Tn]
make a surprise attack on (sb) from a hidden position 從隱蔽位置突然襲擊(某人); 伏擊
ambush an enemy patrol 伏擊巡邏的敵人.
?? 擴展釋義
*['?mbu?]n. 埋伏, 伏兵, 伏擊vt. 埋伏, 伏擊vi. 埋伏相關詞組: to fall into an ambush
On turning eagerly to the text, one learns that the lady was a typist who found the sound of office typewriters worried her more and more until eventually she had to go into a mental hospital.