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swoop down on/upon sb/sth
表示突然俯冲攻击或抓捕。
The eagle swooped down on its prey.
老鹰俯冲下来抓住猎物。
俯冲；猛扑；攫取
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俯冲；猛扑；攫取
A swift descent or raid through the air; a rapid sliding movement in music.
The eagle swooped down on its prey.
老鹰俯冲下来抓住猎物。
突然向下俯冲的动作或实例
An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward.
突然的抓取动作
A sudden act of seizing.
从一个音符快速过渡到下一个音符
A quick passage from one note to the next.
The eagle swooped down to catch its prey.
老鹰俯冲下来捕捉猎物。
The police swooped on the building early in the morning.
警察清晨突然袭击了那栋建筑。
As we walked, a bat swooped overhead.
我们走路时，一只蝙蝠从头顶俯冲而过。
表示突然俯冲攻击或抓捕。
The eagle swooped down on its prey.
老鹰俯冲下来抓住猎物。
常指警方或军队的突然行动。
The police swooped in and arrested the suspects.
警方突然闯入逮捕了嫌疑人。
名词用法，表示一次性完成某事。
He paid off all his debts in one swoop.
他一下子还清了所有债务。
Not this
The hawk swooped the mouse.
Use this
The hawk swooped on the mouse.
动词swoop表示“猛扑”时为不及物动词，需后接介词on或down on，不能直接带宾语。汉语“俯冲”常直译带宾语，导致此错误。
Not this
They carried out a swoop to the gang's hideout.
Use this
They carried out a swoop on the gang's hideout.
名词swoop后接介词on表示袭击的目标，而to表示方向（移动），这里应用on。学习者可能因汉语“对……的突袭”误用to。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
俯冲下来
The eagle swooped down to catch its prey.
老鹰俯冲下来捕捉猎物。
突然冲入
The police swooped in and arrested the suspects.
警察突然冲入并逮捕了嫌疑人。
猛扑上去抓住
The owl swooped up the mouse from the field.
猫头鹰从田野里猛扑上去抓住了老鼠。
低飞俯冲
The plane swooped low over the runway.
飞机低飞俯冲经过跑道。
迅速穿过
A hawk swooped through the air in search of food.
一只鹰迅速穿过天空寻找食物。
一下子，一举
He paid off all his debts in one fell swoop.
他一下子还清了所有债务。
一举，一下子
He paid off all his debts in one fell swoop.
他一下子还清了所有债务。
突然介入，迅速行动
The police swooped in and arrested the suspects.
警察突然冲进来逮捕了嫌疑人。
什么！我所有漂亮的小鸡和它们的母亲都在一次无情的袭击中丧生？
The entire team was eliminated in one fell swoop.
整个团队在一次性打击中被淘汰了。
Use swoop naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象老鹰快速俯冲（swoop），发音像“速扑”，即迅速扑向猎物。
语域：neutral 常见场景：bird/aircraft diving、police or military raid、figurative swift action swoop 通常描述猛扑或俯冲动作，可用于具体场景（如鸟俯冲）或比喻（如警方突袭）。名词与动词用法相似，语域中性但带动作感。
The words with the '-oop' ending all rhyme with 'swoop' (/uːp/). Note that 'swoon' (/swuːn/) looks similar but does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.