swoop
英 [swuːp]
美 [swup]
- vi. 猛撲；突然襲擊；突然下降；飛撲
- n. 猛撲；俯衝；突然襲擊
- vt. 攫取；抓起
助記提示
swoop：食物撲。像肉食動物撲向食物一樣——猛撲，突然襲擊。
中文詞源
swoop 猛衝，俯衝來自 sweep 拚寫變體，引申比喻義猛衝，俯衝。
英文詞源
- swoop (v.)
- 1560s, "to move or walk in a stately manner," apparently from a dialectal survival of Old English swapan "to sweep, brandish, dash," from Proto-Germanic *swaip-, from PIE root *swei- (2) "to bend, turn" (see swivel (n.)). Meaning "pounce upon with a sweeping movement" first recorded 1630s (see swoop (n.)). Spelling with -oo- may have been influenced by Scottish and northern England dialectal soop "to sweep," from Old Norse sopa "to sweep." Related: Swooped; swooping.
- swoop (n.)
- 1540s, "a blow, stroke," from swoop (v.). Meaning "the sudden pouncing of a rapacious bird on its prey" is 1605, from Shakespeare:
Oh, Hell-Kite! All? What, All my pretty Chickens, and their Damme, At one fell swoope? ["Macbeth," IV.iii.219]
雙語例句
- 1. The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop.
- 老鷹在半空中盤旋，準備俯衝。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. The plane made a swoop over the city.
- 那架飛機突然向這座城市猛降下來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. In one fell swoop the bank wiped away the tentative benefits of this policy.
- 銀行一下子就抹殺了這項政策暫時帶來的好處。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Police held 10 suspected illegal immigrants after a swoop on a German lorry.
- 警察對一輛德國卡車進行突擊搜查後扣留了10名可疑的非法移民。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. It seemed that the plane was going to swoop down and strafe the town, so we dived for cover.
- 飛機看起來好像要俯衝下來轟炸小鎮，所以我們趕緊蹲下躲避。
來自柯林斯例句