swoop
俯冲,猛扑,猛攻,猛击
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Definitions
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- : to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
- : to come down upon something in a sudden, swift attack: The army swooped down on the town.
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- : to take, lift, scoop up, or remove with or as with one sweeping motion: He swooped her up in his arms.
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- : an act or instance of swooping; a sudden, swift descent.
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Examples
Amazon says bright or dark lights can throw off the Show’s person-detection software, and it tries to focus on the center of the action without too many swoops that might look jarring for the person on the other end of the call.
This was a handy way to trigger various features, like clearing all notifications in one swoop.
The hard hat was to protect him should the parents swoop low.
At the same time I was on an emotional upswing, a hyper-manic swoop and I was falling in love with my now-wife.
As you walk in front of the first screen, your silhouette appears and birds swoop down toward you.
In one fell swoop, the Supreme Court has constrained government power, expanded corporate rights, and protected religious tyranny.
She needs to reassure Brody that all will be well—that the CIA will swoop in and iron everything out.
At one fell swoop on the field of Jena, the famed military monarchy of the great Frederick fell in pieces like a potter's vessel.
We always think of “eagle” when we think of “swoop,” but we do not often think of “swoop” when we think of “eagle.”
In a day or so they organise again, and swoop down on some other place, such as Belmont.
But Charlie didn't triumph, neither did he swoop; we watched carefully until we saw that Charlie was going astern!