swoop
vi. (鷹)俯衝,猛衝; 突然撲向
vt. 出其不意的抓起
n. 飛撲,攫取; [航]下撲
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.
The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car...
武警突襲了這輛車從而制止了這起恐怖活動。
The drugs squad swooped and discovered 240 kilograms of cannabis.
緝毒組突擊搜查,查獲了 240 千克的大麻。
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...
20 多架直升機開始下降向海面俯衝。
The hawk swooped and soared away carrying something.
那隻鷹向下猛衝,抓住東西后又展翅高飛了。
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.
銀行一下子就抹殺了這項政策暫時帶來的好處。
1. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale;
2. a very rapid raid
3. a swift descent through the air
1. move down on as if in an attack;
2. move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
3. seize or catch with a swooping motion
at (或 in) one fell swoop
見 fell
With a swoop of his shining ax , the third tree fell.
這第三個樵夫看也不看它的說, 任何一棵樹都行.
Listen, you can't just swoop in here and start talking about dying.
聽著, 你不能猝然在這裡談論死亡.
They both come through and in one fell swoop, take away all of your possessions.
“它們都是在經過一番舔吹之後, 擄走了你所有的財物. ”
He lost all his wealth all at one swoop.
他一下子失去了所有的財產.
And then she added with a sudden swoop to earth,'sebastian drinks too much! "
接著,她忽然急轉直下,出其不意地說, “ 塞巴斯蒂安酒喝得太多了. ”