Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense swoops, present participle swooping, past tense, past participle swooped
1VERB (警察或士兵)突击搜查,突然袭击 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. (警察或士兵)突击搜查,突然袭击 [journalism]
The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car. [VERB + on]
武警突袭了这辆车从而制止了这起恐怖活动。
The drugs squad swooped and discovered 240 kilograms of cannabis. [VERB]
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤low飛撲下來◇An eagle swooped low over the trees.一隻老鷹掠過樹梢飛撲下來。➤suddenly突然俯衝▸➤down, in俯衝下來/進來PREPOSITION➤into, on, over, through, towards/toward突然衝進⋯;突擊搜查⋯;猛衝到⋯上方;猛地穿過⋯;朝⋯俯衝◇Customs officers swooped on several houses last night looking for drugs. (figurative) 海關關員昨晚突擊檢查了幾所房子,搜查毒品。