swoops

英 [swuːps]

美 [swuːps]

v.  (尤指为了袭击)向下猛冲，俯冲; 突然袭击; 突击搜查; 突然行动
n.  (鸟等的)向下猛冲，俯冲; 突然袭击; 突击搜查; 突然行动
swoop的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (警察或士兵)突击搜查，突然袭击
  If police or soldiersswoop ona place, they go there suddenly and quickly, usually in order to arrest someone or to attack the place.
  1. The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car...
     武警突袭了这辆车从而制止了这起恐怖活动。
  2. The drugs squad swooped and discovered 240 kilograms of cannabis.
     缉毒组突击搜查，查获了 240 千克的大麻。
  3. Swoopis also a noun.
     
  4. 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。
• VERB (鸟或飞机)向下猛冲，俯冲
  When a bird or aeroplaneswoops, it suddenly moves downwards through the air in a smooth curving movement.
  1. More than 20 helicopters began swooping in low over the ocean...
     20 多架直升机开始下降向海面俯冲。
  2. The hawk swooped and soared away carrying something.
     那只鹰向下猛冲，抓住东西后又展翅高飞了。
• PHRASE 一下子; 一举
  If something is donein one fell swooporat one fell swoop, it is done on a single occasion or by a single action.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• The object in question swoops down to Earth and then back up and vanishes in a brilliant display of light.
  有问题的物体向地球俯冲，然后在灿烂的显示灯中回升和消失。
• Then a dark-suited stranger swoops in and spirits Webb away, so it's just Rumsfeld and me.
  这时一个身着深色制服的陌生人幽灵般地扑过来抓走了韦伯，现场只剩下了我和拉姆斯菲尔德。
• An owl swoops from the ridge top, noiseless but bright as flame.
  一只猫头鹰从山顶俯冲下来，悄无声息地如一道火焰闪过。
• In one scene, Batman hangs upside down in a store, opens his cape, swoops in, and grabs a bad guy.
  有一个镜头，蝙蝠侠倒挂在一家商店里，敞开他的披肩，猛扑下来抓住一个坏蛋。
• The violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides.
  那个小提琴家奏起滑音来很从容。
• Maybe God swoops me up upon death.
  也许上帝在我死亡时。
• Superman swoops down to save her by reaching out two arms of steel.
  然后超人飞扑下去伸出他那钢铁般的双手接住她。
• The tigress is in command and swoops in for the throat bite.
  那只母老虎处于上风，扑过去就咬到了喉咙。
• And how should hiring managers respond when a helicopter parent swoops in and tries to be too "helpful"?
  如果“直升机式父母”突然出现，试图给孩子提供“帮助”的时候，招聘经理又该如何回应？
• A tagged northern spotted owl swoops toward a researcher's lure in a young redwood forest.
  在一片年青的红衫树林里，一只被加上了记号的北方斑点猫头鹰正朝研究人员的诱饵猛扑过来。