| 词汇 | parachute |
| 释义 | parachute noun[ C ] uk /ˈpær.ə.ʃuːt/ us /ˈper.ə.ʃuːt/ B2 a piece of equipment made of a large piece of special cloth that is fastened to a person or thing that is dropped from an aircraft, in order to make him, her, or it fall slowly and safely to the ground降落伞 See also chute Angela Rohde/EyeEm/GettyImages a parachute harness降落伞吊带 Airborne troops were dropped by parachute behind enemy lines.空降部队伞降到敌后阵地上。 For whatever reason his parachute failed to open. She's agreed to do a parachute jump for charity. There was a large tear in his parachute. Air travel: balloons & parachutes aeronaut aerostat airship balloon ballooning barrage balloon blimp canopy chute dirigible hot-air balloon ripcord weather balloon wingsuit Zeppelin parachute verb uk /ˈpær.ə.ʃuːt/ us /ˈper.ə.ʃuːt/ parachuteverb (FROM AIRCRAFT)[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to jump from an aircraft using a parachute: 跳伞 The plan is to parachute into the town.计划是要跳伞进入该城。 [ Tusually+ adv/prep ] to drop someone or something from an aircraft by parachute: （用降落伞）空投，空降 [ often passive ]Thousands of leaflets were parachuted behind enemy lines.数千份传单被空投至敌后。 Air sports base jumper base jumping glide gliding hang-gliding paraglider paragliding paramotor paramotoring parapente parascending powered paraglider powered paragliding PPG skydiver skydiving slow someone's rollidiom wingsuiting You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Moving downwards parachuteverb (INTO SITUATION)[ I or T+ adv/prep ] to enter a situation without previously being involved in it, especially to offer temporary help, or to bring someone into a situation in this way : She parachutes into hospitals that desperately need nurses and stays three months or so. Before Hancock was parachuted in, sales had been falling consistently. Taking part and getting involved actor all in along attendee be (a) party to somethingidiom concern engage go all in go in on something hat have a dog in the fightidiom have a horse in the raceidiom muscle neck participatory pitch in plunge plunge in/plunge into something punch above your weightidiom thick parachute | American Dictionaryparachute noun[ C ] us/ˈpær·əˌʃut/ a large, usually circular piece of special cloth fastened to someone or something so that when dropped from an aircraft, it will catch the wind like a sail to make the person or thing fall slowly and safely to the ground parachuteverb[ I/T ]us/ˈpær·əˌʃut/ [ I ]When the plane went down, three of the crewmen parachuted to safety. parachute | Business Englishparachute verb MANAGEMENTuk /ˈpærəʃuːt/us [ T ] to send a manager, politician, etc. to a new place that they have no previous connection with: He was parachuted into the failing corporation's headquarters in hopes that he could rescue it. See alsogolden parachute Examples of parachuteparachute They include sails, parachutes, flags, and insect flight. Three people step out of an aircraft, and fall vertically before opening their parachutes. In aircraft this would be in the form of an ejector seat and/or use of parachutes. Two of them had parachute valves and one developed grade 2 mitral regurgitation. What can you say about the speed with which she is then falling, and her deceleration when she first opens her parachute? The parachute provides a backward force against which his muscles must work. The fibrous ring may be an isolated lesion, but more frequently is associated with a parachute or hammock valve. In this paper the problem on the impermeable parachute of optimum shape in a subsonic gas flow is solved. Assuming that the time taken for the parachute to open fully is negligible, find the parachutist's speed 2 seconds after the parachute opens. None of these patients had coarctation of the aorta or parachute malformation of the tricuspid valve. They parachute into episodes of kinetic action of a class character, or of collective social experience. I thank him for his words on parachutes. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Do you not think that parachuting food into these areas could and should be considered? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English All the parachutes had been in frequent recent use, and were checked and repacked immediately before the descent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are therefore not people who will have been parachuted in for the pleasure of sitting in on endless common council meetings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of parachute These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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