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swoop

B2 noun

swoop /ˈswuːp/ nghĩa là sự lao xuống, sự sà xuống

Các nghĩa

  1. sự lao xuống, sự sà xuống

    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

  2. sự chộp lấy, sự vồ lấy

    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.

  3. sự lướt nhanh từ nốt này sang nốt khác

    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.

  4. đàn chim én

    A group of swallows or other birds.

    collective

    an entire swoop of swallows plunges into a breach in time, so they can get across the pass at just the right moment.

    There was a lark in the sky, a chatter of rooks, and the swoop of swallows arrived to-day.

    Lestrade tugged his muffler closer about his throat and eyed a swoop of gulls balefully as they taunted their wingtips against the water.

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