swoop /swuːp/ TEM8 ( swooping, swooped, swoops )

• 1. 

  V-I If police or soldiers swoop on a place, they go there suddenly and quickly, usually in order to arrest someone or to attack the place. 突袭 [journalism]

  例：

  The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car.

  当武装警察突袭了这辆汽车时，这起恐怖活动就此结束。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Swoop is also a noun. 突袭

  例：

  Police held 10 suspected illegal immigrants after a swoop on a Mexican truck.

  警方对一辆墨西哥卡车进行了突袭后扣留了10名非法移民嫌疑人。

• 3. 

  V-I When a bird or aeroplane swoops, it suddenly moves downwards through the air in a smooth curving movement. 俯冲

  例：

  More than 20 helicopters began swooping in low over the ocean.

  超过二十架直升飞机开始俯冲到贴着海平面。

• 4. 

  PHRASE If something is done in one fell swoop, it is done on a single occasion or by a single action. 一下子

  例：

  In one fell swoop the bank wiped away the tentative benefits of this policy.

  银行一下子就抹去了该政策带来的初步好处。