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bushwhack 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈbo͝oSHˌ(h)wak/,
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bushwhacking, present participle; bushwhacks, 3rd person singular present; bushwhacked, past tense; bushwhacked, past participle;
  1. Live or travel in wild or uncultivated country
    • - I have not seen a bear yet after seven days of bushwhacking
  2. Cut or push one's way in a specified direction through dense vegetation
    • - he'd bushwhacked down the steep slopes
  3. Fight as a guerrilla in the bush

  4. Make a surprise attack on (someone) from a hidden place; ambush

  1. ambush: wait in hiding to attack
  2. live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
  3. cut one's way through the woods or bush
  4. (bushwhacking) lying in ambush; "bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush"
  5. (Bushwhacked (film)) Bushwhacked is a 1995 film starring Daniel Stern, Jon Polito, Anthony Heald and Brad Sullivan.
  6. (Bushwhacked (Firefly)) "Bushwhacked" is the third episode of science-fiction television series Firefly created by Joss Whedon.
  7. (Bushwhacking) Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking have been confirmed in studies. ...
  8. to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress; to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country; to ambush
  9. (Bushwhacked) kidnapped, hijacked, forced into something under duress.
  10. (Bushwhacking) Going off the trail, in the interest of taking a shortcut, creating a trail, looking for a rumored location, etc. Hikers usually begin their worst war stories with "We were bushwhacking and then..."
  11. (Bushwhacking) Off trail travel; at times fighting your way through undergrowth. It’s quite a bit more time consuming than following an established trail.
  12. (Bushwhacking) Travelling through forest or woods with no established trails or markings
  13. (bushwhacking) Service of legal process extremely close to the court date, preventing the target from obtaining legal counsel.
  14. To hike where there is no marked trail.
  15. [from "bushwhacker", 19th C. Eng. for "woodsman" or "guerrillero"] To hike off-trail, especially through underbrush. Carries a negative connotation.
  16. 1. clear woods and bush country. 2. live or travel in bush country.
  17. In the vernacular of the backwoods, to travel off trail, to make one's own way. In the BWCA also includes canoe travel on lakes, and especially streams, not part of established canoe routes. Generally slow and mucky going not for the faint of heart. See also PMA.
  18. To travel off trail and create you own route. This usually involves brushing back branches and brush as you go.
  19. to hike off trail. Bushwhacking often involves walking through prickly vegetation.
  20. A cowardly attack or ambush.
  21. To beat or cut one s way through bushes or underbrush
  22. Blaze your own trail