swoop
verb /swuːp/
/swuːp/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they swoop | /swuːp/ /swuːp/ |
he / she / it swoops | /swuːps/ /swuːps/ |
past simple swooped | /swuːpt/ /swuːpt/ |
past participle swooped | /swuːpt/ /swuːpt/ |
-ing form swooping | /ˈswuːpɪŋ/ /ˈswuːpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of a bird or plane
) to fly quickly and suddenly downwards, especially in order to attack somebody/something鸟或飞机 synonym dive飞扑,猛扑 - The aircraft swooped down over the buildings.
飞机俯冲到那些建筑物上方。 - A hawk swooped low over the field.
一只鹰在田野上空低空盘旋。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- low
- suddenly
- down
- …
- into
- on
- over
- …
- The aircraft swooped down over the buildings.
- [intransitive] swoop (on somebody/something) (especially of police or soldiers
) to visit or attack somebody/something suddenly and without warning尤指警察或士兵 迅速行动,突然袭击 - Officers swooped on the vehicles as they left the ferry.
当车辆离开渡船时,警察向他们猛扑过去。 - Customs officers swooped on several houses last night looking for drugs.
海关人员昨晚突击检查了几所房子,搜查毒品。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- low
- suddenly
- down
- …
- into
- on
- over
- …
- Officers swooped on the vehicles as they left the ferry.
词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘sweep along in a stately manner’): perhaps a dialect variant of Old English swāpan, of Germanic origin. The early sense of the noun was ‘a blow, stroke’.