1HBBTTAif a bird or aircraftswoops, it moves suddenly down through the air, especially in order to attack something 〔鸟或飞机〕向下猛冲,向下猛扑
The eagle hovered, ready to swoop at any moment.
鹰在天空盘旋,随时准备俯冲下来。
swoop down/over/across etc
A helicopter suddenly swooped down.
一架直升机突然俯冲下来。
2ATTACK written if the police, army etc swoop on a place, they go there without any warning in order to look for someone or something 〔警方、军队等〕突然袭击;突然搜查
swoop on
Drug officers swooped on several addresses in London last night.
swoop down/over/across etc• O-U-out... gooseswoops down and plucks you out.• Nevertheless, Ellen swooped down and removed it, and Otis began screaming at her, as she expected him to.• She had seen them on their expensivehorses, swooping across country, confident in the saddle.• Garnett comes swooping down from somewhere out of the West Maui Mountains to reject the shot.• As soon as the adventurers stop moving, the Harpies will swoop down from their roosts in the rock.• Wagtailsswooped across my path, and from the mouth of the Eske, curlews called shrilly to one another like owls.• Two days later, for the first time in 10 years, a few murres swooped down on the rock.• It harasses other gulls until they drop their hard-won food and then swoops down to catch it - often in mid-air.
swoop2 noun [countableC]
1ATTACKa suddensurprise attack on a place in order to get something or take people away – used especially in newsreports 突然袭击;突击搜查〔尤用于新闻报道〕
swoop on
Police arrested a man in a swoop on his house last night.
警方昨晚突击搜查一名男子的住所,将他逮捕。
2.MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONa swooping movement or action 向下猛冲;猛扑;俯冲
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤low飛撲下來◇An eagle swooped low over the trees.一隻老鷹掠過樹梢飛撲下來。➤suddenly突然俯衝▸➤down, in俯衝下來/進來PREPOSITION➤into, on, over, through, towards/toward突然衝進⋯;突擊搜查⋯;猛衝到⋯上方;猛地穿過⋯;朝⋯俯衝◇Customs officers swooped on several houses last night looking for drugs. (figurative) 海關關員昨晚突擊檢查了幾所房子,搜查毒品。