swoop
音标发音
- 英式音标 [swuːp]
- 美式音标 [swuːp]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. 俯冲;突然袭击;(尤指鸟)猛扑;(非正式)猛地抓起
- n. 猛扑;突然袭击
英汉例句
- The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop.
老鹰在半空中盘旋,准备俯冲。 - The plane made a swoop over the city.
那架飞机突然向这座城市猛降下来. - It seemed that the plane was going to swoop down and strafe the town, so we dived for cover.
飞机看起来好像要俯冲下来轰炸小镇,所以我们赶紧蹲下躲避。 - 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。 - 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。
英英字典
- to move very quickly and easily through the air, especially down from a height in order to attack
- 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.
- Swoop is also a noun.
- When a bird or aeroplane swoops, it suddenly moves downwards through the air in a smooth curving movement.
- If something is done in one fell swoop, it is done on a single occasion or by a single action.