Swoop

(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

• And you go in, and you swoop upon it and you make your capital, and then there you are! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Next day's march brings them within our reach, and, falcon-ways, we swoop on them at once. 沃尔特·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. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• As the pirates swooped closer toward the ground, thern soldiery poured from the temples into the gardens and courts. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• 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. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• 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·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Now they went fast, swooping along the road that mounted steadily toward the mountain. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

整理:奥拉