swooping 的 3 个定义
- to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
- to come down upon something in a sudden, swift attack: The army swooped down on the town.
- to take, lift, scoop up, or remove with or as with one sweeping motion: He swooped her up in his arms.
- an act or instance of swooping; a sudden, swift descent.
swooping 近义词
descend quickly
更多swooping例句
- It has the swooping, symmetrical grace of a bird's wingspan.
- They craft melodies that mirror those experiences, swooping and soaring and begging you to sing along.
- He says the way we do this is similar to a bird of prey assessing its quarry, swooping in.
- He did the same for my sister, swooping in to whisk her away from the Cadet Org in Florida.
- European leaders have pinned their hopes on wealthy foreign investors, swooping in to buy eurozone sovereign.
- They appeared and vanished about the corners of the Islands and promontories like birds swooping after prey.
- Little wonder that a woman should neglect to make due allowance for the quick swooping of the boat!
- Even as we watched, a bird came swooping across the lawn, alighted on my knife handle, and began to carol.
- Francesca made a sudden swooping motion, and caught box, cover, and contents in her arms.
- The sharp chug-chug of a motor suddenly sounded, and the disguised launch darted forward like a hawk swooping down on a chicken.