| 释义 |
swooping, ppl. a.|ˈswuːpɪŋ|
[f. swoop v. + -ing2.]
†1. Sweeping along the ground; trailing. Obs.
1581A. Gilby Pleas. Dial. B ij, In this swouping blacke gowne, and this sarcenet flaunting tippet. 16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. i. ii. 262 Thy plainer verse..Is grac'd with a faire end and sooping traine.
2. a. Descending with a rapid sweeping movement.
1846C. G. Prowett Prometh. Bound 18 The swooping thunder⁓bolt with flaming breath. 1857J. Hamilton Less. fr. Great Biog. 188 The Sea of Galilee..its waters..splashed up for a moment by the swooping pelican.
b. Of a surface: sloping sharply or steeply.
1956G. Durrell My Family & Other Animals viii. 103 One of the first to arrive was Zatopec, an Armenian poet, a short, stocky individual with a swooping eagle nose. 1979Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts Nov. 744/1 The gently upturned, swooping roofs. |