swoop

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. 突襲[journalism]

The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car. 當(dāng)武裝警察突襲了這輛汽車時(shí)，這起恐怖活動(dòng)就此結(jié)束。

2. N-COUNT Swoop is also a noun. 突襲

Police held 10 suspected illegal immigrants after a swoop on a Mexican truck. 警方對(duì)一輛墨西哥卡車進(jìn)行了突襲后扣留了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. 俯沖

More than 20 helicopters began swooping in low over the ocean. 超過(guò)二十架直升飛機(jī)開始俯沖到貼著海平面。

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

In one fell swoop the bank wiped away the tentative benefits of this policy. 銀行一下子就抹去了該政策帶來(lái)的初步好處。