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swoop v.抓取；猛扑；突然袭击n.俯冲；攫取；突然袭击 (1) 劫匪把钞票一把抢走了。(2) 那鹰在半空中盘旋准备扑向猎物。(3) 那只猫头鹰向着老鼠猛扑下来。(4) 我们决定突袭驻在那里的敌人。(5) 警方于拂晓时发动了突袭。 A swoop is an impressive movement best demonstrated by a bird. If a bird is high in the air, then moves down quickly, making an arc or loop, that's an example of a swoop. People can also swoop — three muggers might swoop in on a victim, for example. The phrase "one fell swoop" means "all at once," and Shakespeare used it first, in "Macbeth:" "What, All my pretty Chickens, and their Dam, At one fell swoop?"

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英 [swuːp] 美 [swuːp] (1) The robber swooped up the banknotes.(2) The eagle poised in mid-air ready to swoop on its prey.(3) The owl swooped down on the mouse.(4) We decided to swoop down upon the enemy there.(5) Police made a dawn swoop. To swoop is to move downward quickly and dramatically, like an eagle that swoops down to catch its prey. 1[VERB 动词](警察或士兵)突击搜查，突然袭击 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.   [V on n]  [V]  [JOURNALISM 新闻]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。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。Swoop is also a noun.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。2[VERB 动词](鸟或飞机)向下猛冲，俯冲 When a bird or aeroplane swoops, it suddenly moves downwards through the air in a smooth curving movement.   [V adv/prep]  [V]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。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。3[PHRASE 短语]一下子； 一举 If something is done in one fell swoop or at one fell swoop, it is done on a single occasion or by a single action.   [PHR with cl]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。

英语单词	swoop
英美音标	英 [swuːp] 美 [swuːp]
中文释义	v.抓取；猛扑；突然袭击 n.俯冲；攫取；突然袭击
英语例句	(1) The robber swooped up the banknotes. (2) The eagle poised in mid-air ready to swoop on its prey. (3) The owl swooped down on the mouse. (4) We decided to swoop down upon the enemy there. (5) Police made a dawn swoop.
中文例句	(1) 劫匪把钞票一把抢走了。 (2) 那鹰在半空中盘旋准备扑向猎物。 (3) 那只猫头鹰向着老鼠猛扑下来。 (4) 我们决定突袭驻在那里的敌人。 (5) 警方于拂晓时发动了突袭。
vocabulary简明	To swoop is to move downward quickly and dramatically, like an eagle that swoops down to catch its prey.
vocabulary扩展	A swoop is an impressive movement best demonstrated by a bird. If a bird is high in the air, then moves down quickly, making an arc or loop, that's an example of a swoop. People can also swoop — three muggers might swoop in on a victim, for example. The phrase "one fell swoop" means "all at once," and Shakespeare used it first, in "Macbeth:" "What, All my pretty Chickens, and their Dam, At one fell swoop?"
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词](警察或士兵)突击搜查，突然袭击 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. [V on n] [V] [JOURNALISM 新闻] 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。 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。 Swoop is also a noun. 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。 2 [VERB 动词](鸟或飞机)向下猛冲，俯冲 When a bird or aeroplane swoops, it suddenly moves downwards through the air in a smooth curving movement. [V adv/prep] [V] 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。 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。 3 [PHRASE 短语]一下子；一举 If something is done in one fell swoop or at one fell swoop, it is done on a single occasion or by a single action. [PHR with cl] 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。

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