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bushwhacked 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
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/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. (bushwhack) ambush: wait in hiding to attack
  2. (bushwhack) live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
  3. (bushwhack) cut one's way through the woods or bush
  4. Bushwhacked is a 1995 film starring Daniel Stern, Jon Polito, Anthony Heald and Brad Sullivan.
  5. "Bushwhacked" is the third episode of science-fiction television series Firefly created by Joss Whedon.
  6. (Bushwhackers) Bushwhacking was a form of guerrilla warfare common during the American Revolutionary War, American Civil War and other conflicts in which there are large areas of contested land and few Governmental Resources to control these tracts. ...
  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. (The Bushwhackers) The Bushwhackers were a professional wrestling tag team that also competed as The Sheepherders during their long career. They wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation and Jim Crockett Promotions as well as a nearly 40 year run on the independent wrestling circuit. ...
  9. (bushwhack) to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress; to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country; to ambush
  10. (Bushwhack) To hike where there is no marked trail.
  11. (bushwhack) to hike off trail. Bushwhacking often involves walking through prickly vegetation.
  12. (Bushwhack) Blaze your own trail
  13. (Bushwhack) 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.
  14. (Bushwhack) To travel off trail and create you own route. This usually involves brushing back branches and brush as you go.
  15. (bushwhack) 1. clear woods and bush country. 2. live or travel in bush country.
  16. (Bushwhackers) In the Kansas City area, bushwhacker meant any violent Southern guerrilla and/or bandit. Federal officials applied the term as well to men commissioned as partisan rangers and roving Confederate recruiters. ...
  17. (bushwhackers) bands of runaway soldiers from both sides of the war who robbed citizens and looted small towns
  18. (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..."
  19. (Bushwhacking) Off trail travel; at times fighting your way through undergrowth. It’s quite a bit more time consuming than following an established trail.
  20. (Bushwhacking) Travelling through forest or woods with no established trails or markings
  21. (bushwhacking) Service of legal process extremely close to the court date, preventing the target from obtaining legal counsel.
  22. kidnapped, hijacked, forced into something under duress.