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

单词

in one fell swoop

释义

fell³ /fel/

adjective

adverb

ORIGIN: OFr fel cruel, from LL fellō, -ōnis; see felon¹

fellˈness noun

felly /felˈli/ adverb

fell-lurkˈing adjective (Shakespeare)

Lurking with treacherous purpose

at (or in) one fell swoop see under swoop

intransitive verb

transitive verb (obsolete)

To pounce on, snatch with a sweep, esp on the wing

noun

ORIGIN: Appar OE swāpan to sweep; perh infl by soop

swoopˈstake-like see under soop

at one fell swoop (Shakespeare, Macbeth IV.3.218)

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