/swu:p ||; swup/verb[I] 1 to fly or move down suddenly 飞扑；俯冲: The bird swooped down on its prey. 那只鸟突然俯冲扑向猎物。
2 (used especially about the police or the army) to visit or capture sb/sth without warning （尤指警察或军队）突然袭击、拘捕或攻占:
Police swooped at dawn and arrested the man. 警察于黎明时分出击，拘捕了那个男子。
swoop noun [C]:
a swoop (on sb/sth)