English-Thai Dictionary

swoop

N การ โจมตี อย่างรวดเร็ว  การ จู่โจม  sudden attack raid kan-jom-te-yang-ruad-reo

 

swoop

N การ โฉบ ลง อย่างรวดเร็ว  การ ถลา ลง  sudden descent stoop kan-chob-yang-ruad-reo

 

swoop

VI โจมตี อย่างรวดเร็ว  จู่โจม  pounce raid jom-te-yang-ruad-reo

 

swoop

VI โฉบ ลง อย่างรวดเร็ว  ถลา ลง  descend stoop pounce chob-yang-ruad-reo

 

swoop

VT ฉกฉวย  หยิบฉวย ไป อย่างรวดเร็ว  seize or snatch quickly chok-chuai

 

swoop on

PHRV ร่อนลง จับ (มัก ใช้กับ นก จับ เหยื่อ  เข้า จับกุม ทันที  ron-long-jab

 

swoop upon

PHRV ร่อนลง จับ (มัก ใช้กับ นก จับ เหยื่อ  เข้า จับกุม ทันที  ron-long-jab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWOOP

v.t.[This is probably from sweep, or the same root. ] 1. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken; a kite swoops up a mouse.
2. To seize; to catchup; to take with a sweep.
3. To pass with violence.

 

SWOOP

v.i.To pass with pomp.

 

SWOOP

n.A falling on and seizing, as of a rapacious fowl on his prey. The eagle fell--and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWOOP

Swoop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swooping.] Etym: [OE. swopen, usually, to sweep, As. swapan to sweep, to rush; akin to G. schweifen to rove, to ramble, to curve, OHG. sweifan to whirl, Icel. sveipa to sweep; also to AS. swifan to move quickly. Cf. Sweep, Swift, a. & n., Swipe, Swivel. ]

 

1. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.

 

2. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. And now at last you came to swoop it all. Dryden. The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb ] in with the common grass. Glanvill.

 

SWOOP

SWOOP Swoop, v. i.

 

1. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.

 

2. To pass with pomp; to sweep. [Obs. ] Drayton.

 

SWOOP

SWOOP Swoop, n.

 

Defn: A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping. The eagle fell, ... and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop. L'Estrange.

 

SWOOPSTAKE

SWOOPSTAKE Swoop "stake `, n.

 

Defn: See Sweepstake. [Obs. ]

 

SWOOPSTAKE

SWOOPSTAKE Swoop "stake `, adv.

 

Defn: Altogether; indiscriminately. [R.] Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

swoop

swoop |swo͞op swup | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] (esp. of a bird ) move rapidly downward through the air: the barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness | the aircraft swooped in to land. • carry out a sudden attack, esp. in order to make a capture or arrest: investigators swooped on the Graf family home. 2 [ with obj. ] informal seize with a sweeping motion: she swooped up the hen in her arms. ▶noun a swooping or snatching movement or action: four members were arrested following a swoop by detectives on their homes. PHRASES at (or in ) one fell swoop see fell 4. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘sweep along in a stately manner ’): perhaps a dialect variant of Old English swāpan (see sweep ). The early sense of the noun was ‘a blow, stroke. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

swoop

swoop |swuːp | ▶verb [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] (especially of a bird ) move rapidly downwards through the air: the barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness | the aircraft swooped in to land. • carry out a sudden attack, especially in order to make a capture or arrest: armed police swooped on a flat after a tip-off. • [ with obj. ] informal seize with a sweeping motion: she swooped up the hen in her arms. ▶noun a swooping or snatching movement or action: four members were arrested following a swoop by detectives on their homes. PHRASES at (or in ) one fell swoop see fell 4. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘sweep along in a stately manner ’): perhaps a dialect variant of Old English swāpan (see sweep ). The early sense of the noun was ‘a blow, stroke ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

swoop

swoop verb 1 pigeons swooped down after the grain: dive, descend, sweep, pounce, plunge, pitch, nosedive; rush, dart, speed, zoom. 2 police swooped on the building: raid, pounce on, attack, assault, assail, charge, bust. PHRASES in one fell swoop See fell 2.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

swoop

swoop verb 1 the pigeons swooped down after the grain: dive, descend, sweep, pounce, drop, plummet, plunge, pitch, nosedive; rush, dart, speed, zoom. 2 armed police swooped on a flat in east London: raid, search; pounce, make a raid; attack, assault, assail, charge; N. Amer. informal bust. ▶noun police arrested them in an early morning swoop: raid, surprise search; attack, assault; N. Amer. informal bust, takedown.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

swoop

swoop /swuːp /動詞 自動詞 〈タカ 戦闘機などが 〉 (上から ) «…に » 飛びかかる, 襲いかかる ; 〈軍隊 警察などが 〉 «…を » 急襲する (down ) «on , upon » ▸ The eagle swooped down upon a hare .ワシはさっと舞い降りてウサギに飛びかかった 他動詞 …をひったくる, ひっさらう (up, away, off ).名詞 C «…への » 急襲 «on » .at a s ì ngle sw ó op ＝at [in ] ò ne (f è ll ) sw ó op 一挙に, 一度で .