swoop
verb- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.)
(of a bird or plane )鸟或飞机 to fly quickly and suddenly downwards, especially in order to attack somebody/something synonym dive飞扑,猛扑 The aircraft swooped down over the buildings. 飞机俯冲到那些建筑物上方。 A hawk swooped low over the field. 一只鹰在田野上空低空盘旋。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- low
- suddenly
- down
- …
- into
- on
- over
- …
- [intransitive] swoop (on somebody/something)
(especially of police or soldiers )尤指警察或士兵 to visit or attack somebody/something suddenly and without warning 迅速行动,突然袭击 Officers swooped on the vehicles as they left the ferry. 当车辆离开渡船时,警察向他们猛扑过去。 Customs officers swooped on several houses last night looking for drugs. 海关人员昨晚突击检查了几所房子,搜查毒品。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- low
- suddenly
- down
- …
- into
- on
- over
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘sweep along in a stately manner’): perhaps a dialect variant of Old English swāpan, of Germanic origin. The early sense of the noun was ‘a blow, stroke’.