英语词汇“swoop”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

swoopswoop /swup/ verb [intransitive usually + adv./prep.]

ETYMOLOGYswoop

Origin: 1500-1600 swope to sweep (11-19 centuries), from Old English swapan; ➔ SWEEP¹

VERB TABLE

swoop

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	swoop
	he, she, it	swoops
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	swooped
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have swooped
	he, she, it	has swooped
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had swooped
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will swoop
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have swooped

Continuous Form
Present	I	am swooping
	he, she, it	is swooping
	you, we, they	are swooping
Past	I, he, she, it	was swooping
	you, we, they	were swooping
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been swooping
	he, she, it	has been swooping
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been swooping
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be swooping
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been swooping

1if a bird or aircraft swoops, it moves suddenly and steeply down through the air, especially to attack something: swoop in/down/from etc. A huge owl swooped down from the tree.2to make a sudden attack or arrest: swoop in/on etc. Soldiers swooped in and rescued the hostages.—swoop noun [countable] → see also at/in one fell swoop at fell3