[no obj.][often as noun bushwhacking](N. Amer.)live or travel in wild or uncultivated country (北美)在丛林中生活(或旅行) we have not seen a bear yet after seven days of bushwhacking. 我们已经在丛林中走了七天却连一只熊都没看见。 ■[with adverbial of direction](N. Amer.)cut or push one's way in a specified direction through dense vegetation (北美)在丛林中开路 he'd bushwhacked down the steep slopes. 他沿陡坡开路往下走。 ■(Austral./NZ)work clearing scrub and felling trees in the country (澳/新西兰)砍伐杂树
[with obj.](N. Amer.)surprise (someone) by attacking them from a hidden place; ambush (北美)伏击 ■[no obj.](N. Amer.)engage in guerrilla warfare (北美)打游击战