| 单词 | swoop |
| 释义 | swoop (once / 1231 pages) vn To swoop is to move downward quickly and dramatically, like an eagle that swoops down to catch its prey. A swoop is an impressive movement best demonstrated by a bird. If a bird is high in the air, then moves down quickly, making an arc or loop, that's an example of a swoop. People can also swoop — three muggers might swoop in on a victim, for example. The phrase "one fell swoop" means "all at once," and Shakespeare used it first, in "Macbeth:" "What, All my pretty Chickens, and their Dam, At one fell swoop?" WORD FAMILYswoop: swooped, swooping, swoops USAGE EXAMPLESThe American eagle swoops a little closer to the growling Russian bear. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) A huge, swooping hat dominates a picture of Milly, from Henry James’s “The Wings of the Dove.” Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) One mask depicts Yeats with a swoop of lustrous white hair, his jaw shut by knotted strings. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1v move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc Hyper move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2v move down on as if in an attack The raptor swooped down on its prey The teacher swooped down upon the new students Syn|Hypo|Hyper pounce stoop descend swiftly, as if on prey come down, descend, fall, go down move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way 3v seize or catch with a swooping motion Syn|Hyper swoop up snap, snatch, snatch up to grasp hastily or eagerly 4n a very rapid raid Hyper foray, maraud, raid a sudden short attack 5n a swift descent through the air Hyper descent the act of changing your location in a downward direction 6n (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale Syn|Hyper slide glissando a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale |
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