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单词 swoopstake-like
释义

swoop /swoop/

intransitive verb
  1. To come down with a sweeping rush
  2. To rush suddenly
  3. To sweep along (obsolete)
transitive verb (obsolete)

To pounce on, snatch with a sweep, esp on the wing

noun
  1. An act of swooping
  2. A sudden onslaught
ORIGIN: Appar OE swāpan to sweep; perh infl by soop

swoopˈstake-like see under soop

at one fell swoop (Shakespeare, Macbeth IV.3.218)

  1. By one terrible blow
  2. (also in or with) by one complete decisive action
  3. Suddenly

soop /soop/ (Scot)

transitive verb

To 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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