swooping

英 [ˈswuːpɪŋ]

美 [ˈswuːpɪŋ]

v.  (尤指为了袭击)向下猛冲，俯冲; 突然袭击; 突击搜查; 突然行动
swoop的现在分词

BNC.46329 / COCA.35208

柯林斯词典

• VERB (警察或士兵)突击搜查，突然袭击
  If police or soldiersswoop ona place, they go there suddenly and quickly, usually in order to arrest someone or to attack the place.
  1. The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car...
     武警突袭了这辆车从而制止了这起恐怖活动。
  2. The drugs squad swooped and discovered 240 kilograms of cannabis.
     缉毒组突击搜查，查获了 240 千克的大麻。
  3. Swoopis also a noun.
     
  4. Police held 10 suspected illegal immigrants after a swoop on a German lorry.
     警察对一辆德国卡车进行突击搜查后扣留了 10 名可疑的非法移民。
• VERB (鸟或飞机)向下猛冲，俯冲
  When a bird or aeroplaneswoops, it suddenly moves downwards through the air in a smooth curving movement.
  1. More than 20 helicopters began swooping in low over the ocean...
     20 多架直升机开始下降向海面俯冲。
  2. The hawk swooped and soared away carrying something.
     那只鹰向下猛冲，抓住东西后又展翅高飞了。
• PHRASE 一下子; 一举
  If something is donein one fell swooporat one fell swoop, it is done on a single occasion or by a single action.
  1. In one fell swoop the bank wiped away the tentative benefits of this policy.
     银行一下子就抹杀了这项政策暂时带来的好处。

双语例句

• They had searched for insects for their young, swooping low over hedges and ponds ( while humans were baking bread and having arguments and darning socks).
  燕子们时而俯冲向下，低飞于树篱与池塘之上，为仔燕们寻觅食物（而此时，人们正忙着烘烤面包、互相争论和织补袜子）。
• As Toyota halts further sales of affected models, rivals are swooping in to snatch its customers: GM, Ford, and Hyundai have offered$ 1,000 rebates for traded-in Toyotas.
  在丰田暂停销售受影响车型之际，竞争对手一拥而上，争抢丰田的客户：通用、福特（Ford）和现代（Hyundai）都对置换丰田汽车提供1000美元的折价。
• But in the eastern United States, like some other unlucky parts of the globe, Arctic air is swooping down from the north.
  然而，和其他不太幸运的地区一样，美国东部正遭遇一股从北方呼啸而下的冷空气。
• Helicopters were swooping low over the city to try to spot the animals.
  直升飞机在城市上空低空盘旋，试图找出动物。
• The Falcon went into a rapid dive, swooping to a kill.
  猎鹰急速俯冲，直朝着猎获物扑去。
• So useful to have him swooping around like an overgrown bat.
  他飞来飞去象个大蝙蝠倒是真有用。
• Seize or catch with a swooping motion.
  这只大鸟用爪子抓着捕获物。以飞扑的动作抓住或捕获。
• As classical music softly plays and LED lights complement the shifting colors of the waning day, I lie on the floor and watch swooping bats and then miraculously for Beijing two stars appear in the sky.
  古典乐曲舒缓地奏起，LED灯光与不断变幻的暮色交相辉映。我躺在地板上，看着蝙蝠猛冲出来，然后又看到天上出现了两颗星星――在北京来说可谓奇迹。
• A hawk hovered in the air before swooping on its prey.
  扑向猎物前老鹰在空中盘旋。
• This international mentality is one reason UK and US investors are swooping on Dutch companies as they race to enter undervalued markets.
  对于竞相进入价值低估市场的英、美投资者而言，上述国际化思想正是他们选择突袭荷兰企业的原因之一。