swoop

swoop /swu:p/
  • danh từ
    • cuộc đột kích
    • sự nhào xuống, sự sà xuống
    • sự cướp đi
    • ngoại động từ
      • đột kích, tấn công
        • to swoop upon a post: đột kích một đồn
      • (thông tục) cướp đi, cuỗm di
      • nội động từ
        • nhào xuống, sà xuống

      Xem thêm: slide, pounce, swoop up



      swoop

      Từ điển Collocation

      swoop verb

      ADV. low An eagle swooped low over the trees. | suddenly | down, in

      PREP. on, over, towards (figurative) Customs officers swooped on several houses last night looking for drugs.

      Từ điển WordNet

        n.

      • (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; slide

        the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides

      • a very rapid raid
      • a swift descent through the air

        v.

      • move down on as if in an attack; pounce

        The raptor swooped down on its prey

        The teacher swooped down upon the new students

      • move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
      • seize or catch with a swooping motion; swoop up

      English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

      swoops|swooped|swooping
      syn.: dive drop fall plummet plunge pounce