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单词 swoop
释义
swoop
verb[I]
uk
/swuːp/us
/swuːp/
tomoveveryquicklyandeasilythrough theair,especiallydown from a highpositioninordertoattack:
Theeagleswoopeddowntosnatchayoungrabbit.鹰俯冲下来抓一只小兔子。
informal
to make asuddenattackon aplaceorgroupofpeopleinordertosurroundandcatchthem:
（为围捕而）突然袭击
Undercoverpoliceswoopedonthreehousesin thecityat 5.00 thismorning.今天早上5点，便衣警察突击搜查了城里的三栋房子。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Movement through the air
  • airborne
  • buoyantly
  • buzz
  • flight
  • flit
  • float
  • fly
  • glide
  • hover
  • levitate
  • levitation
  • loop
  • mid-air
  • non-flying
  • somersault
  • swish
  • swishy
  • track
  • waft
  • wing
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Moving quickly
Attacking & invading
swoop
noun[C]
uk
/swuːp/us
/swuːp/
informal
anoccasionwhen aplaceissuddenlyattackedinordertosurroundorcatchsomeone:
He wasarrestedin an earlymorningswoop on hishome.
Anti-terroristpolicelaunchedamassiveswoop onsuspectedterroristcells.
theactofmovingquicklyandeasilythrough theair,especiallydown from a highpositioninordertoattack:
Thebirdliftedoff for agracefulswoop below theridgetop.
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  • The king's men made a swoop on Bernard, whonarrowlyescaped.
  • There was a swoop by hundreds ofriotpoliceonoppositionprotestersattemptingtoholdarally.
  • Isawthegracefulswoop of acondorabove theridge.
  • Hesnatchedup thekeyswith a swoop of hishand.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving quickly
  • agility
  • beetle
  • bowl down/alongsomething
  • buzz
  • careen
  • career
  • fluent
  • gun
  • outsail
  • pelt
  • rush
  • scamper
  • scoot
  • scrabble
  • scramble
  • scud
  • shoot
  • stampede
  • ton
  • trot
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Attacking & invading
Movement through the air
(Definition ofswoopfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
swoop
verb[I]
uk
/swuːp/us
/swuːp/
tomoveveryquicklyandeasilythrough theair,especiallydown from aheightinordertoattack
（尤指为进攻而从高处）俯冲，向下猛扑
Theeagleswoopeddowntosnatchayoungrabbit.鹰俯冲下来抓一只小兔子。
informal
to make asuddenattackon aplaceorgroupofpeopleinordertosurroundandcatchthem
（为围捕而）突然袭击
Undercoverpoliceswoopedonthreehousesin thecityat 5.00 thismorning.今天早上5点，便衣警察突击搜查了城里的三栋房子。

swoop| American Dictionary

swoop
verb[I]
us
/swup/
tomovequicklyin asmoothpath,esp. through theair:
Swarms ofbirdsswooped down from thesky.

swoop

noun[C]us
/swup/
Heliftedthebabyup in one swoop.
(Definition ofswoopfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofswoop

swoop
They were taken after dawn swoops by police and social workers.
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If so, would there be swoops at dead of night to see whether the embryo was 14, 15 or 16 days old?
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They are swooping and preying on those unfortunate enough to be unemployed.
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Will he arrange for the traffic commissioners to make regular swoops to check the vehicles, as there is grave concern about the safety of schoolchildren?
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After that time the police swooped, detained and charged.
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They could not be altered in evidence without the defence swooping on it.
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I understood that there had been assurances that, in general and at large, the police were not going to indulge in swoops of that kind.
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I cannot think of anyone more likely to be attracted by a qualitative leap than he is with his swooping intellect and his liking for the metaphysic of history.
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The issue had certainly not been put to the electorate, but as soon as they learnt of the proposals the vultures swooped on to the prey of the new towns.
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We know that there were 67,000 detainees at one time half of which should never have been inside, for they were picked up in collective swoops.
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In some cases, magpies may become extremely aggressive and attack people's faces; it may become very difficult to deter these birds from swooping.
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Every day an eagle swooped on him and devoured the lobes of his liver, which grew by night.
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The flight is low to the ground and rapid with long swoops.
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The bomber now swooped over the ship and into the darkness to prepare for another attack.
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He swoops her up and lifts her into the middle of the village.
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