Swoop
[swuːp] or [swup]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a swift descent through the air.
(noun.) a very rapid raid.
(noun.) (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; 'the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides'.
(verb.) seize or catch with a swooping motion.
(verb.) move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc.
手打:奈杰尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
(n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
(v. i.) To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.
(v. i.) To pass with pomp; to sweep.
(n.) A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.
整理:洛蒂
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Seize (as a hawk its prey), clutch, catch up, pounce upon.
v. n. Stoop, descend, come down, bear down.
n. [1]. Clutch, seizure.[2]. Stoop, descent.
布赖恩手打
解釋/意思:
v.t. to sweep down upon: to take with a sweep: to catch while on the wing: to catch up.—v.i. to descend with a sweep.—n. the act of swooping: a seizing as a bird on its prey.
吉尔伯特校對
例句/造句/用法:
- And you go in, and you swoop upon it and you make your capital, and then there you are! 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Next day's march brings them within our reach, and, falcon-ways, we swoop on them at once. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- She had lost her indulgent parents, her brothers and sisters, companions of her youth; in one fell swoop they had been carried off from her. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- As the pirates swooped closer toward the ground, thern soldiery poured from the temples into the gardens and courts. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The houses frowned at us, the dust rose at us, the smoke swooped at us, nothing made any compromise about itself or wore a softened aspect. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- They are often described as _flying_ reptiles, and pictures are drawn of Mesozoic scenery in which they are seen soaring and swooping about. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Now they went fast, swooping along the road that mounted steadily toward the mountain. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
整理:奥拉