English Dictionary

swoop

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈswuːp/

名詞

An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward. / A sudden act of seizing. / (music) A quick passage from one note to the next.

日本語の意味

急激な下降、急降下する動作やその一回の行為 / 突然の押収、急襲する行為 / （音楽において）一つの音から次の音へ急速に移行する部分

The hawk made a sudden swoop and snatched the rabbit from the field.

タカは急降下をして畑の野うさぎを捕らえた。

意味（1）

An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward.

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. – Sun Tzu

意味（2）

A sudden act of seizing.

Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that she may take away all at one swoop.

意味（3）

(music) A quick passage from one note to the next.

Originally, computers' attempts at making music were recognizable by their beeps and boops and weird swoops.

swoops （ plural ）