bushwhack

bushwhack
verb
  1. [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
  2. [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
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