| 词汇 | swooping |
| 释义 | swooping present participle ofswoop swoop verb[ I ] uk /swuːp/ us /swuːp/ to move very quickly and easily through the air, especially down from a high position in order to attack: （尤指为进攻而从高处）俯冲，向下猛扑 The eagle swooped down to snatch a young rabbit.鹰俯冲下来抓一只小兔子。 informal to make a sudden attack on a place or group of people in order to surround and catch them: （为围捕而）突然袭击 Undercover police swooped on three houses in the city at 5.00 this morning.今天早上5点，便衣警察突击搜查了城里的三栋房子。 Movement through the air airborne buoyantly buzz flight flighted fly glide hang time hover levitate lift skim smoothness soar soaring stunt swish swishy swoop wheel You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Moving quickly Attacking & invading Examples of swoopingswooping In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The two men were singing, swooping, undulating, unintelligible words, and the back of my neck tingled. As a counterexample they suggest the perception of a bird swooping down to land and its identification. However, by 1950 a poster from the same location carries an image of a single-child family swooping down towards an eerily empty and well-ordered beach. Her adroit interpretation of the solo part, swooping around to realize the score's frequent exploration of keyboard extremes, was a visual as well as an aural delight. They are swooping and preying on those unfortunate enough to be unemployed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They could not be altered in evidence without the defence swooping on it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Natural facilities are used for sport and recreation, hang-gliding, caving and walking—as long as one is careful to avoid hang-gliders swooping down and catching one behind the neck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot think of anyone more likely to be attracted by a qualitative leap than he is with his swooping intellect and his liking for the metaphysic of history. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is claimed by some that swooping can be prevented by hand-feeding magpies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In some cases, magpies may become extremely aggressive and attack people's faces; it may become very difficult to deter these birds from swooping. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It hunts from a perch about 3 metres (10 ft) high swooping to the ground for prey up to ten times a minute. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Red aliens quickly begin attacking you, swooping in line formations from the top area of the screen. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Eight other calls have been described, from "begging calls" made by females during mating to "attack calls" made while swooping at intruders. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Dusk brings hundreds of swooping swallows to the cave entrance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their habit of swooping to pick up dead rodents or other roadkill leads to collisions with vehicles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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