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。

Instead of sniping at me sporadically from far away, they suddenly swooped down on me.
他们不再是从远处间断地向我进行狙击，而是突然向我猛扑过来。
She swooped down to the nest with his last meal.
她俯冲而下，给小鹰带来它最后的饭餐。
I was dive-bombed by dragonflies, and swooped on by wasps.
我受到了蜻蜓的俯冲轰炸，还有黄蜂的飞扑。
A seagull swooped down in front of her car, causing her to slam on the brakes.
一只海鸥突然扑到她的车前，她急忙猛踩刹车。
If you weren't here, that hawk would have swooped down and snatched me for dinner.
如果你不在这里，那只鹰会冲下来把我叼去当晚餐。
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。
When an eagle swooped down for the kill, they would grab its wing or tail.
当鹰俯冲下来逮猎物时候，他们便抓住鹰的翅膀或尾巴。
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。
He swooped up his trophy and marched out of the room.
他一下子抓起他的奖品迈出了房间。
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。