swoop

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The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop.
老鷹在半空中盤旋，準(zhǔn)備俯沖。
The plane made a swoop over the city.
那架飛機(jī)突然向這座城市猛降下來(lái).
It seemed that the plane was going to swoop down and strafe the town, so we dived for cover.
飛機(jī)看起來(lái)好像要俯沖下來(lái)轟炸小鎮(zhèn)，所以我們趕緊蹲下躲避。
In one fell swoop the bank wiped away the tentative benefits of this policy.
銀行一下子就抹殺了這項(xiàng)政策暫時(shí)帶來(lái)的好處。
Police held 10 suspected illegal immigrants after a swoop on a German lorry.
警察對(duì)一輛德國(guó)卡車進(jìn)行突擊搜查后扣留了10名可疑的非法移民。

to move very quickly and easily through the air, especially down from a height in order to attack

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.
Swoop is also a noun.
When a bird or aeroplane swoops, it suddenly moves downwards through the air in a smooth curving movement.
If something is done in one fell swoop, it is done on a single occasion or by a single action.