swoop

swoop
verb

[no obj., with adverbial of direction](especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air
（尤指鸟）猛扑
the barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness.
仓鸮在漆黑的夜里能对准老鼠猛扑下来。
the aircraft swooped in to land.
飞机向下俯冲降落。
■carry out a sudden attack, especially in order to make a capture or arrest
突袭
armed police swooped on a flat after a tip-off.
武装警察在得到密报之后突袭了一所公寓。
[with obj.](informal)seize with a sweeping motion
(非正式)猛地抓起；攫取
she swooped up the hen in her arms.
她猛地抓起那只母鸡夹在腋下。

noun

a swooping or snatching movement or action
飞扑；攫取；突袭
four members were arrested following a swoop by detectives on their homes.
四名成员在侦探的一次突袭行动中在家中被捕。

常用词组
at (或 in) one fell swoop

语源

mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'sweep along in a stately manner'): perhaps a dialect variant of Old English swāpan (see sweep). The early sense of the noun was 'a blow, stroke'

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