| 单词 | swoop |
| 释义 | swoop (swuːp ) Word forms: swoops , swooping , swooped 1. verb 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. [journalism] The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car. [VERB + on] When police swooped, 37 people were arrested. [VERB] Synonyms: pounce, attack, charge, rush Swoop is also a noun. The pair were arrested in a swoop on a house in Aberdeen. 2. verb When a bird or aeroplane swoops, it suddenly moves downwards through the air in a smooth curving movement. More than 20 helicopters began swooping in low over the ocean. [VERB adverb/preposition] The hawk swooped and soared away carrying something. [VERB] Synonyms: drop, plunge, dive, rush 3. in one fell swoop phrase 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. In one fell swoop the bank wiped away the tentative benefits of this policy. Collocations: police swoop Soon, the police swoop in to make an arrest and there are lots of guilty-looking faces among the villagers. The Sun The police swoop was presented as the biggest of its sort in the country since 1949. Times, Sunday Times Those found in the police swoop had bruises, wounds and burns all over their bodies from having been forced to carry still-hot bricks and to walk barefoot in the kiln. Times, Sunday Times After the police swoop officers stood guard on their front door while computers, photograph albums and items in dozens of evidence bags were carried out for forensic examination. The Sun Police swooped on her following a tip-off from a member of the public. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 突袭 Japanese: 急襲する |
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