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swoop /swuːp/ vi. | vt. | n. | phr.
I ❶ vi.
1. (猛禽等捕食时)飞扑，猛扑
The eagle swooped down on its prey. 老鹰向着猎物猛扑下来。
2. (突然)下落，下降
Air Force planes swooped low over the target. 空军的战机在目标上空低飞。
An army helicopter swooped down onto the field. 一架陆军的直升机迅速降落在地坪上。
3. 迅速行动；突然袭击
A herd of gazelles swooped off with incredible speed and grace. 一群小羚羊以惊人的速度姿态优美地飞驰而去。
Suddenly the fog swooped in. 迷雾骤然漫入。
❷ vt.
1. 〈口〉(出其不意地)抓起，攫取
She rushed after the child and swooped him up in her arms. 她追赶着孩子，猛地将他一把抱到怀里。
2. (突然)把…移位(或去除、取出)
The whirlwind's blast swooped the haycocks off the lea. 一阵旋风把小干草堆从牧地刮走。
swoop sb. off to another place 把某人突然调离去另一地方
Her hair hung long in the back but was swooped up into curls on the sides. 她背后披着长发，而两边的头发则卷作小鬈。
3. 吸，吮
swoop in a hot swallow 吸入一口烫的东西
4. (飞扑时)勾画出
The storks swooped white streaks against the luminous blue. 鹳群在明亮的蓝天勾画出了一条条白色线迹。
5. 〈废〉扫除
II n.
1. 飞扑，猛扑；波浪形的飞舞；波形线
The swallow made another dazzling swoop through the air. 燕子又在空中令人眼花缭乱地翻飞。
the swoop and curl of the road 道路的起伏弯曲
2. 抓起，攫取
3. 迅速行动，突然袭击
Influenza came down upon me with a swoop. 我一下子染上了流行性感冒。
the Nazi swoop upon Scandinavia 纳粹对斯堪的纳维亚的突然袭击
The police made their swoop at night and the robbers were caught. 警察突然夜袭，抓住了那伙强盗。
[< OE swāpan to sweep; 与 OHG sweifan to swing around, ON sveipa to throw 有关] phr. in (或 at) one (fell) swoop 一举，一下子 You proved me right and wrong in one swoop. 你一下就判明了我既对又错。 |