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ambush

['æmbuʃ] брит. / амер.

сущ.
засада
гл.
1. находиться, сидеть в засаде
2. устраивать засаду
3. нападать из засады

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ambush

засада; нападение из засады; лицо, сидящее в засаде с целью внезапного нападения | лежать в засаде, устраивать засаду | скрытый; лежащий в засаде

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"He's probably planning an ambush or a chase," and with this he drew a pistol from his belt and held it in his lap.
- Наверное, он собирается устроить засаду, а может, опять начнет преследование. Тут он вытащил свой пистолет из-за пояса и положил его на колени.
Zelazny, Roger / Nine Princes in AmberЖелязны, Роджер / Девять принцев Эмбера
Девять принцев Эмбера
Желязны, Роджер
© 1974, 1975 by Universal Publishing and Distributing Corporation
© 1970 by Roger Zelazny
© перевод М. Гилинский
Nine Princes in Amber
Zelazny, Roger
© 1970 by Roger Zelazny
© 1974, 1975 by Universal Publishing and Distributing Corporation

Plus, he was a drow, and no race in all the world knew better how to lay an ambush than the treacherous dark elves.
К тому же он дроу, а ни одна раса так хорошо не научилась устраивать засады, как эти вероломные темные эльфы.
Salvatore, Robert / The Orc KingСальваторе, Роберт / Король орков
Король орков
Сальваторе, Роберт
© 2008 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
© И. Савельева, перевод, 2008
© ООО "Фантастика", 2008
The Orc King
Salvatore, Robert
© 2008 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

Then he hastens back to his ambush in the back gardens, and then learns that Smerdyakov is in a fit, that the other servant is ill -- the coast is clear and he knows the 'signals' -- what a temptation!
Затем стремится на наблюдательный пост "на задах" и там -- и там узнает, что Смердяков в падучей, что другой слуга болен -- поле чисто, а "знаки" в руках его -- какой соблазн!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

"—ambush stray ships—"
— …атаковать одиночные корабли…
Bujold, Lois McMaster / The Warrior's ApprenticeБуджолд, Лоис Макмастер / Ученик воина
Ученик воина
Буджолд, Лоис Макмастер
© Copyright Lois McMaster Bujold, 1986
© перевод С. Роя, С. Курдюкова, 1995
The Warrior's Apprentice
Bujold, Lois McMaster
© Copyright Lois McMaster Bujold, 1986

Dressed in Circassian costume, he performed the riding tricks of the natives and with Bogdanovich had twice gone out and lain in ambush, though on neither occasion did they catch or kill anyone.
Он, одетый в черкесский костюм, джигитовал верхом и ходил два раза в засаду с Богдановичем, хотя в оба раза эти они никого не подкараулили и никого не убили.
Tolstoy, Leo / Hadji MuradТолстой, Л.Н. / Хаджи-Мурат
Хаджи-Мурат
Толстой, Л.Н.
Hadji Murad
Tolstoy, Leo

He must be in his ambush now, behind Fyodor Pavlovitch's, in the garden, watching for me.
Должно быть сидит теперь там у себя, у Федора Павловича на задах в саду, меня сторожит.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Elegant or not, it had been an ambush, and Lady Thondi had called Random to the meeting.
Элегантно или нет, но это была засада, и леди Тонди позвала Кандору на собрание.
Duncan, Dave / Coming of WisdomДункан, Дэйв / Обретение мудрости
Обретение мудрости
Дункан, Дэйв
Coming of Wisdom
Duncan, Dave
© 1988 by D. J. Duncan

We consulted our grandfather and decided to await the time when he would come out of his palace, and then to kill him from an ambush.
Мы посоветовались с дедом и решили выждать время, когда он выедет из дворца, и из засады убить его.
Tolstoy, Leo / Hadji MuradТолстой, Л.Н. / Хаджи-Мурат
Хаджи-Мурат
Толстой, Л.Н.
Hadji Murad
Tolstoy, Leo

The drow then melted again into the blackness, seeking a back route to ambush the ambushers.
Затем он вновь растаял во мраке в поисках наиболее удобного прохода, по которому можно было бы зайти в тыл к оборотням, устроившим засаду.
Salvatore, Robert / The Halfling’s GemСальваторе, Роберт / Проклятие рубина
Проклятие рубина
Сальваторе, Роберт
© 1990 TSR, Inc.
© С. Топоров, перевод, 2007
© ИЦ "Максима", 2007
The Halfling’s Gem
Salvatore, Robert
© 1990 TSR, Inc.

The four remaining giants, having seen one group of their companions buried in an avalanche and another group cut down so very efficiently, had lost interest in the ambush and had taken flight.
Четверо оставшихся великанов, увидев, что одна группа их сородичей погребена под каменным обвалом, а другая побеждена, раздумали продолжать бой и пустились наутек.
Salvatore, Robert / SojournСальваторе, Роберт / Воин
Воин
Сальваторе, Роберт
© ИЦ "Максима", 2007
© 1990 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
© В. Иванов, перевод, 2002
Sojourn
Salvatore, Robert
© 1991 TSR, Inc.

Perfect spot for an ambush."
Идеально для засады.
Zahn, Timothy / The Green And The GrayЗан, Тимоти / Зеленые и серые
Зеленые и серые
Зан, Тимоти
The Green And The Gray
Zahn, Timothy
© 2004 by Timothy Zahn

Yet who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?
Но кто мог ожидать, что я попадусь в такую западню?
Shakespeare, William / Alls Wel that ends WellШекспир, Вильям / Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается
Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается
Шекспир, Вильям
© Издательство "ACADEMIA", 1937
Alls Wel that ends Well
Shakespeare, William
© Susan Snyder 1993

A score of men, at least, for this was the very thickest of the ambush, joined in this cruel and untimely mirth.
Видимо, в этом жестоком и несвоевременном веселье участвовало не меньше двадцати человек.
Stevenson, Robert Louis / The Black ArrowСтивенсон, Роберт Луис / Чёрная стрела.
Чёрная стрела.
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис
© Издательство "Правда", 1981
The Black Arrow
Stevenson, Robert Louis
© 1889, by Charles Scribner's Sons

I was not long in coming to myself; everything came back to my mind at once, without an effort, as though it had been in ambush to pounce upon me again.
Я приходил в себя недолго; все разом, без усилий, тотчас же мне вспомнилось, как будто так и сторожило меня, чтоб опять накинуться.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Notes from the UndergroundДостоевский, Фёдор / Записки из подполья
Записки из подполья
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Наука", 1989
Notes from the Underground
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2008 by Classic House Books

Half a dozen steppe sheep-dogs, suddenly leaping out as though from ambush, with ferocious howling barks, flew to meet the chaise.
Штук шесть громадных степных овчарок вдруг, выскочив точно из засады, с свирепым воющим лаем бросились навстречу бричке.
Чехов, А.П. / СтепьChekhov, A. / The steppe
The steppe
Chekhov, A.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Степь
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1974

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'æmbuʃNounзасадаExamples

to attack from ambush — атаковать из засады
to lay an ambush — устраивать засаду
to lie in ambush — лежать в засаде
to make an ambush — устраивать засаду
to run into an ambush — убежать в укрытие
to set an ambush for smb. — организовать засаду для кого-л.

User translations

The part of speech is not specified

1.
сидеть (лежать) в засаде
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Collocations

ambush marketing

паразитический маркетинг

ambush countermeasures

меры против засад

ambush detection device

средство обнаружения засад

ambush force

засада

ambush force

подразделение в засаде

ambush party

засада

ambush party

подразделение в засаде

ambush point

место засады

ambush target

объект засады

fire ambush

огневая засада

flank ambush

засада на фланге

linear ambush

засада с линейным боевым порядком

mobile ambush

подвижная засада

ambush code

код сигнализации о возникновении чрезвычайной ситуации

ambush interview

заранее не обусловленное интервью

Word forms

ambush

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	ambush	ambushes
Possessive case	ambush's	ambushes'

ambush

verb

Basic forms
Past	ambushed
Imperative	ambush
Present Participle (Participle I)	ambushing
Past Participle (Participle II)	ambushed

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I ambush	we ambush
you ambush	you ambush
he/she/it ambushes	they ambush

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am ambushing	we are ambushing
you are ambushing	you are ambushing
he/she/it is ambushing	they are ambushing

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have ambushed	we have ambushed
you have ambushed	you have ambushed
he/she/it has ambushed	they have ambushed

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been ambushing	we have been ambushing
you have been ambushing	you have been ambushing
he/she/it has been ambushing	they have been ambushing

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I ambushed	we ambushed
you ambushed	you ambushed
he/she/it ambushed	they ambushed

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was ambushing	we were ambushing
you were ambushing	you were ambushing
he/she/it was ambushing	they were ambushing

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had ambushed	we had ambushed
you had ambushed	you had ambushed
he/she/it had ambushed	they had ambushed

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been ambushing	we had been ambushing
you had been ambushing	you had been ambushing
he/she/it had been ambushing	they had been ambushing

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will ambush	we shall/will ambush
you will ambush	you will ambush
he/she/it will ambush	they will ambush

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be ambushing	we shall/will be ambushing
you will be ambushing	you will be ambushing
he/she/it will be ambushing	they will be ambushing

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have ambushed	we shall/will have ambushed
you will have ambushed	you will have ambushed
he/she/it will have ambushed	they will have ambushed

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been ambushing	we shall/will have been ambushing
you will have been ambushing	you will have been ambushing
he/she/it will have been ambushing	they will have been ambushing

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would ambush	we should/would ambush
you would ambush	you would ambush
he/she/it would ambush	they would ambush

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be ambushing	we should/would be ambushing
you would be ambushing	you would be ambushing
he/she/it would be ambushing	they would be ambushing

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have ambushed	we should/would have ambushed
you would have ambushed	you would have ambushed
he/she/it would have ambushed	they would have ambushed

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been ambushing	we should/would have been ambushing
you would have been ambushing	you would have been ambushing
he/she/it would have been ambushing	they would have been ambushing

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am ambushed	we are ambushed
you are ambushed	you are ambushed
he/she/it is ambushed	they are ambushed

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being ambushed	we are being ambushed
you are being ambushed	you are being ambushed
he/she/it is being ambushed	they are being ambushed

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been ambushed	we have been ambushed
you have been ambushed	you have been ambushed
he/she/it has been ambushed	they have been ambushed

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was ambushed	we were ambushed
you were ambushed	you were ambushed
he/she/it was ambushed	they were ambushed

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being ambushed	we were being ambushed
you were being ambushed	you were being ambushed
he/she/it was being ambushed	they were being ambushed

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been ambushed	we had been ambushed
you had been ambushed	you had been ambushed
he/she/it had been ambushed	they had been ambushed

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be ambushed	we shall/will be ambushed
you will be ambushed	you will be ambushed
he/she/it will be ambushed	they will be ambushed

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been ambushed	we shall/will have been ambushed
you will have been ambushed	you will have been ambushed
he/she/it will have been ambushed	they will have been ambushed

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ambush

Law (En-Ru)

ambush

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ambush

ambush

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