单词 | swoopstake-like |
释义 | swoop /swoop/intransitive verb
To pounce on, snatch with a sweep, esp on the wing noun
ORIGIN: Appar OE swāpan to sweep; perh infl by soop swoopˈstake-like see under soop at one fell swoop (Shakespeare, Macbeth IV.3.218)
soop /soop/ (Scot)transitive verbTo sweep ORIGIN: ON sōpa; cf sweep, swoop soopˈing noun (Scot) soopˈstake adverb (Shakespeare) With a sweep of the stakes (another reading swoopˈ-stake-like) |
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