单词 | bushwhack |
释义 | bushwhack /boosh"hwak', -wak'/, v.i. 1. to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc. 2. to travel through woods. 3. to pull a boat upstream from on board by grasping bushes, rocks, etc., on the shore. 4. to fight as a bushwhacker or guerrilla in the bush. v.t. 5. to fight as a bushwhacker; ambush. 6. to defeat, esp. by surprise or in an underhanded way: They bushwhacked our high school team when they used college players. [1830-40, Amer.; back formation from BUSHWHACKER] |
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