swoop
意味
- (獲物を目がけて)〈鳥などが〉さっと舞い降りる,急襲する《+down on(upon)+名》
- …をひったくる,さっとさらう(snatch)《+up+名,+名+up》
- さっと舞い降りる(襲いかかる)こと,不意の襲撃
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Inherited from Middle English swopen (“to sweep”), from Old English swāpan. Doublet of swaip. See also sweep, which was probably the basis for analogical restoration of /w/ in this word.