橘子朗文词典

swoop

S 开头单词专八核心词

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

同根派生

     

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。

词组短语

    短语

  • swoop in 乘虚而入
  • Swoop Swoop 表演者
  • Wiry Swoop 瘦鸟
  • Duck Swoop 射野鸭
  • Terra Swoop 地心历险记

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to move very quickly and easily through the air, especially down from a height in order to attack

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.