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 violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides.
  那个小提琴家奏起滑音来很从容。
• 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。
• Sheldon: Lois Lane is falling, accelerating at an initial of 32 feet per second per second. Superman swoops down to save her by reaching out two arms of steel.
  谢尔顿：路易丝莱恩以32英尺/秒平方的初始加速度急速坠落，超人突然下降，用钢铁般的手臂接住她。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• My body dies, but he sort of swoops up my information about my personality and recreates somebody up in heaven with that similar personality.
  在我肉体消亡时，将关于我的人格的信息，提取出来在天堂创造了另一个人。
• Maybe God swoops me up upon death.
  也许上帝在我死亡时。
• In another game, as the turtle swims across the oceanarium, the first porpoise swoops down from above and butts his shell with his belly.
  在另一次戏耍中，正当这只海龟从水族馆池一侧游向水池另一侧的时候，一只海豚突然从上面猛扑过去用腹部狠击龟壳。
• A heron swoops overhead, looking for its next meal.
  一只苍鹭在头上飞过，正在寻找食物。