16世纪中期来自古法语embusche,因发音错误而后演变成ambush。其终极词源古法语embuscher含有to hide in the bushes/woods(隐藏于灌林丛中),所以ambush作“伏击,埋伏,或者伏击点”义解。
- 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。 - The gunmen, lying in ambush, opened fire, killing the driver.
埋伏的枪手开枪打死了司机。