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swoop

swoop
[英] [swu:p] [美] [swup] 生词本

vi.

vt.

n.

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1. VERB (警察或士兵)突击搜查，突然袭击 If police or soldiers swoop on a place, they go there suddenly and quickly, usually in order to arrest someone or to attack the place. 

  • The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car...

    武警突袭了这辆车从而制止了这起恐怖活动。

  • The drugs squad swooped and discovered 240 kilograms of cannabis.

    缉毒组突击搜查，查获了 240 千克的大麻。

  • Swoop is also a noun.

    • Police held 10 suspected illegal immigrants after a swoop on a German lorry.

      警察对一辆德国卡车进行突击搜查后扣留了 10 名可疑的非法移民。

2. VERB (鸟或飞机)向下猛冲，俯冲 When a bird or aeroplane swoops, it suddenly moves downwards through the air in a smooth curving movement. 

  • More than 20 helicopters began swooping in low over the ocean...

    20 多架直升机开始下降向海面俯冲。

  • The hawk swooped and soared away carrying something.

    那只鹰向下猛冲，抓住东西后又展翅高飞了。

3. PHRASE 一下子; 一举 If something is done in one fell swoop or at one fell swoop, it is done on a single occasion or by a single action. 

  • In one fell swoop the bank wiped away the tentative benefits of this policy.

    银行一下子就抹杀了这项政策暂时带来的好处。

Noun

1. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale;

  • "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

2. a very rapid raid

3. a swift descent through the air

Verb

1. move down on as if in an attack;

  • "The raptor swooped down on its prey"
  • "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

2. move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc

3. seize or catch with a swooping motion

1. The plane made a swoop over the city.
那架飞机突然向这座城市猛降下来。

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