parachute

英 [ˈpærəʃuːt]

美 [ˈpærəʃuːt]

n.  降落伞
v.  跳伞; 伞降; 空投

复数：parachutes　现在分词：parachuting　过去式：parachuted　过去分词：parachuted　第三人称单数：parachutes　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8089 / COCA.9674

牛津词典

noun

• 降落伞
  a device that is attached to people or objects to make them fall slowly and safely when they are dropped from an aircraft. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth that opens out in the air to form an umbrella shape.
  1. Planes dropped supplies by parachute.
     飞机用降落伞空投补给。
  2. a parachute drop/jump
     空投；跳伞
  3. a parachute regiment
     空降兵团

verb

• 跳伞
  to jump from an aircraft using a parachute
  1. The pilot was able to parachute to safety.
     飞行员得以跳伞脱险。
  2. She regularly goes parachuting.
     她经常去从事跳伞活动。
• 伞降；空投
  to drop sb/sth from an aircraft by parachute

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 降落伞
  Aparachuteis a device which enables a person to jump from an aircraft and float safely to the ground. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth attached to your body by strings.
  1. They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes...
     他们下降了41,000英尺后才拉开伞。
  2. UN troops could be landed by helicopter or even by parachute.
     联合国部队可以乘直升机着陆，甚至可以伞降。
• V-ERG （使）跳伞；（使）空降
  If a personparachutesor someoneparachutesthem somewhere, they jump from an aircraft using a parachute.
  1. He was a courier for the Polish underground and parachuted into Warsaw...
     他是波兰地下组织的情报员，被空降到华沙。
  2. He was parachuted in.
     他空降进入。
• VERB 空投
  Toparachutesomething somewhere means to drop it somewhere by parachute.
  1. Planes parachuted food, clothing, blankets, medicine and water into the rugged mountainous border region...
     飞机将食品、衣物、毯子、药品和水空投到崎岖多山的边界地区。
  2. Supplies were parachuted into the mountains.
     补给物资被空投到山区。
• VERB （使）空降（指突然从机构外调入）
  If a personparachutes intoan organization or if theyare parachuted intoit, they are brought in suddenly in order to help it.
  1. ...a consultant who parachutes into corporations and helps provide strategic thinking.
     空降到公司协助制定战略思想的顾问
  2. There was intense speculation 18 months ago that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament.
     18个月前，人们普遍猜测前外交大臣可能会空降至苏格兰议会。

英英释义

noun

• rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
  Synonym:chute

verb

• jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
  Synonym:chutejump

双语例句

• He was killed because he ignored a warning to put stronger cords on his parachute
  他忽视了降落伞上要求使用更结实的绳索的警告信息，因而命丧黄泉。
• He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
  他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。
• After a period of intensive training, I was allowed to make my first parachute jump.
  经过一段时间的强化训练，我被允许第一次跳伞了。
• A gust of wind caught the parachute.
  一阵风将降落伞吹远。
• Please release the parachute when there is an emergency.
  有紧急情况，请打开降落伞。
• Objective to research the effect of parachute jump training on soldier's personality.
  目的研究跳伞训练对新兵人格特征的影响。
• Can, optionally, be launched from a catapult and retrieved by parachute deployment.
  能够，任选采用弹射器发射和降落伞回收。
• The paratrooper opened the parachute in mid air after he had jumped out of the plane.
  跳伞者扣上了背带.伞兵在跳下飞机后，在半空中打开了降落伞。
• His backup parachute also failed.
  他的备用降落伞也坏了。
• The former invented the plane while the latter invented the parachute.
  乐观的人发明了飞机，悲观的人发明了降落伞。