音标:[swu:pɪŋ] ;
v. 俯冲, 猛冲( swoop的现在分词 )
v move down on as if in an attack
v move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
v seize or catch with a swooping motion
词型变化:名词复数形式 : swoopings
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swoop的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. The robber swooped up the banknotes.劫匪把钞票一把抢走了。
  2. The eagle poised in mid-air ready to swoop on its prey.那鹰在半空中盘旋准备扑向猎物。
  3. The owl swooped down on the mouse.那只猫头鹰向着老鼠猛扑下来。
  4. We decided to swoop down upon the enemy there.我们决定突袭驻在那里的敌人。
用作名词(n.)
  1. The plane made a swoop over the city.那架飞机突然向这座城市猛降下来。
  2. Police made a dawn swoop.警方于拂晓时发动了突袭。

词汇搭配

  • at one swoop一下子(一举...
  • in one swoop一举
  • swoop down on向 ... 突然袭击...
  • swoop down upon飞下来猛扑,突然降下...

经典引文

  • His grass-green eye Missed neither swoop nor swerve of the hawk's wing.

    出自:R. S. Thomas
  • He..swoops the boy up, and runs back across the field.

    出自:New Yorker
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