swooped

英 [swuːpt]

美 [swuːpt]

v.  (尤指为了袭击)向下猛冲，俯冲; 突然袭击; 突击搜查; 突然行动
swoop的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB (警察或士兵)突击搜查，突然袭击
  If police or soldiersswoop ona place, they go there suddenly and quickly, usually in order to arrest someone or to attack the place.
  1. The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car...
     武警突袭了这辆车从而制止了这起恐怖活动。
  2. The drugs squad swooped and discovered 240 kilograms of cannabis.
     缉毒组突击搜查，查获了 240 千克的***。
  3. Swoopis also a noun.
     
  4. Police held 10 suspected illegal immigrants after a swoop on a German lorry.
     警察对一辆德国卡车进行突击搜查后扣留了 10 名可疑的非法移民。
• VERB (鸟或飞机)向下猛冲，俯冲
  When a bird or aeroplaneswoops, it suddenly moves downwards through the air in a smooth curving movement.
  1. More than 20 helicopters began swooping in low over the ocean...
     20 多架直升机开始下降向海面俯冲。
  2. The hawk swooped and soared away carrying something.
     那只鹰向下猛冲，抓住东西后又展翅高飞了。
• PHRASE 一下子; 一举
  If something is donein one fell swooporat one fell swoop, it is done on a single occasion or by a single action.
  1. In one fell swoop the bank wiped away the tentative benefits of this policy.
     银行一下子就抹杀了这项政策暂时带来的好处。

双语例句

• But the words swooped from her hands like wild birds.
  但是那些话像野鸟般从她手中噗地飞走了。
• A rough May wind swooped along the avenue, whipping the girls'skirts and hats.
  一股五月的疾风扫过大街，吹打着姑娘们的裙子和帽子。
• Police swooped on blake's home yesterday.
  警察昨天突击搜查了布莱克的家。
• The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car
  武警突袭了这辆车从而制止了这起恐怖活动。
• Barely had the bulldozers started when Museum of London archaeologists swooped.
  推土机刚一启动，伦敦博物馆的考古学家们就蜂拥而至了。
• The police swooped on the murderer in his hiding place.
  警察出其不意地出现在杀人犯的藏匿处抓住了他。
• The aircraft swooped down over the fields in search of its target.
  飞机向下俯冲着掠过田地上方搜索目标。
• The hawk swooped and soared away carrying something.
  那只鹰向下猛冲，抓住东西后又展翅高飞了。
• The drugs squad swooped and discovered 240 kilograms of cannabis.
  缉毒组突击搜查，查获了240千克的***。
• He guarded the slaves with dogs and hired thugs before police swooped.
  在警察突袭之前，他一直用狗和雇佣打手来管理这些奴隶。