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单词 parachute
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Definition of parachute in English:

parachute

noun ˈparəʃuːtˈpɛrəˌʃut
  • A cloth canopy which fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft, or which is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake.

    降落伞;减速伞

    the saviour of many pilots has been the parachute
    the planes came over the coast and started to drop supplies by parachute
    as modifier a parachute regiment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a site chosen to be warm enough for Beagle to work and low enough for Beagle's parachutes to allow a safe landing.
    • Voskhod capsules also had larger parachutes to permit ground landings.
    • In total, they had 10,000 men who could be dropped by parachute and they had a total attack force of 22, 500 men.
    • Brightly-coloured parachutes can be seen descending through the clouds and aeroplanes constantly criss-cross the skies.
    • Nick points to three parachutes opening and falling slowly towards the ground, one landing on a nearby rooftop.
    • The air vehicle is not fitted with conventional landing gear but instead achieves an accurate landing using a parachute and airbags.
    • In 1922, Soviet soldiers were dropped successfully by parachute from aircraft.
    • There are also attachments on the vest to enable the dog to be dropped by parachute, or hauled up via a rope.
    • The crates are fitted with parachutes and dropped from airplanes into Afghanistan.
    • Keahi would fly in low on autopilot, the five would throw out their heavy supplies on parachutes, then jump by parachute themselves.
    • They converted them to radio control and use them to drop parachutes for testing, far cheaper than the Blackhawk helicopters they were using for these tests.
    • Once found, we then drop 2-liter bottles of water attached to parachutes.
    • Safety rules published in the British Parachute Association Operations Manual state that parachutists must have at least two ‘airworthy parachutes attached to a common harness’.
    • He was dropped by parachute at Arnhem and advanced into Germany.
    • Donny Brass developed cardboard refrigerator boxes with three-ply walls to safely and accurately deliver rations to refugees without using heavy crates or parachutes.
    • Furthermore, the recovery of the experiment hardware after a nominal soft landing under parachute allows for its re-use in future missions.
    • Paragliding is the act of strapping on a parachute and running off the top of a cliff, where upward air currents fill the parachute and allow you to glide.
    • Foton doesn't rely only on parachutes for its soft landing: there is also a retro-rocket system that ignites as the package nears the ground.
    • A thousand feet later, he opened his parachute for a landing.
    • Prosthetic limbs are dropped by parachute to a wind blown field hospital for land mine victims.
verb ˈparəʃuːtˈpɛrəˌʃut
  • 1Drop from an aircraft by parachute.

    跳伞;用降落伞空投,伞投

    no object airborne units parachuted in to secure the airport

    空降部队跳伞进入该地区保护机场。

    with object an air operation to parachute relief supplies into the region

    把救援物资伞投到波斯尼亚的空中行动。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The other nine were able to safely parachute from the aircraft.
    • During the Shaba rebellion in the 1970s the US organised a military airlift and France parachuted in legionnaires to crush Mobutu's enemies.
    • The group parachuted in and set up airborne operations. It was a great feat.
    • As the crewmen parachuted into the water their ejection seats transformed into emergency inflatable dinghies.
    • This time his tasks included lying in ambush for the Germans and picking up supplies parachuted in by the RAF.
    • Under the command of Major Warden, the small commando unit is parachuted in and begins an overland march to the site of the bridge.
    • British and Polish air troops together with the Polish brigade under the leadership of Sosabowski were parachuted in.
    • Sheriff was blinded by a German mortar bomb seven hours after he parachuted in 1944.
    • Paratroopers who parachuted in will be lifted by crane back to their helicopters.
    • The assassinations and executions were to be carried out by agents already in place in the occupied countries or by agents parachuted in specifically for the task.
    • When I first travelled to this extraordinary land more than 30 years ago, it was with the French Foreign Legion, who had just parachuted into the copper-mining town of Kolwezi to put down a rebellion.
    • The American 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions parachuted into a deliberately flooded zone at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula.
    • All three crew members parachuted from the aircraft, landing safely in West Germany and were recovered by US / Allied troops.
    • Sixty years after he parachuted into battle at Arnhem, Yorkshire veteran Tom Hicks descended once again from the skies to mark its anniversary.
  • 2Appoint or be appointed in an emergency or from outside the existing hierarchy.

    紧急任命;临危受命;任命现任各级领导以外的人;被从现任各级领导以外任命

    with object the former Conservative minister was controversially parachuted into the safe seat

    原保守党大臣被“空降”到这个靠得住的议会选区,对此争议颇多。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It would have been more of a surprise had an external candidate been parachuted in - this is a job that presupposes a certain measure of internal continuity.
    • While we all want to do all we can, having police teams at the college feels like we've been parachuted into a film without knowing the plot.
    • He was parachuted into Jacqmar, a women's fashion subsidiary, and his interest in retail was born.
    • It was also a good election for cronyism with a number of former special advisers being parachuted in.
    • At that time, Capellas had been at the helm of the computer giant for around a year, having been parachuted in to replace Eckhard Pfeiffer and push the company to the forefront of the internet economy.
    • They parachuted in councillors no one had ever seen before, none of whom had ever even sat on a fire authority.
    • Timmins was parachuted into Las Vegas to oversee the opening, and it quickly became obvious that the debts would need refinancing.
    • The Irishman was parachuted in from Australia, untested at running an opera house but well intentioned.
    • It helps to know what living in the village is like as it feels odd to be parachuted into this weird little world populated by 10,000 athletes.
    • Plus, some hedge funds have former CEOs and CFOs on their payrolls, ready to be parachuted in at a moment's notice.
    • They all seemed to have been parachuted into these jobs - they didn't have a clue.
    • It was just parachuted in at the last minute, and for no good reason that I can see.
    • After casting around for a new CEO, the board parachuted in Stuart Rose.
    • I wasn't being parachuted in to a community, I was actually part of it, so I was able to look at it and do things with it in a way that nobody else could at that time.
    • Experienced teachers from neighbouring schools were parachuted in.
    • When Keith Skerman was parachuted in 18 months ago, hopes were high that he would drag the department from the bottom of the national league tables.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French para- 'protection against' + chute 'fall'.

  • This was originally a French coinage from the combining form para- ‘protection against’ and French chute ‘fall’.

Definition of parachute in US English:

parachute

nounˈperəˌSHo͞otˈpɛrəˌʃut
  • A cloth canopy which fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft, or which is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake.

    降落伞;减速伞

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Furthermore, the recovery of the experiment hardware after a nominal soft landing under parachute allows for its re-use in future missions.
    • There are also attachments on the vest to enable the dog to be dropped by parachute, or hauled up via a rope.
    • Voskhod capsules also had larger parachutes to permit ground landings.
    • Donny Brass developed cardboard refrigerator boxes with three-ply walls to safely and accurately deliver rations to refugees without using heavy crates or parachutes.
    • Keahi would fly in low on autopilot, the five would throw out their heavy supplies on parachutes, then jump by parachute themselves.
    • Safety rules published in the British Parachute Association Operations Manual state that parachutists must have at least two ‘airworthy parachutes attached to a common harness’.
    • In total, they had 10,000 men who could be dropped by parachute and they had a total attack force of 22, 500 men.
    • They converted them to radio control and use them to drop parachutes for testing, far cheaper than the Blackhawk helicopters they were using for these tests.
    • It is a site chosen to be warm enough for Beagle to work and low enough for Beagle's parachutes to allow a safe landing.
    • Brightly-coloured parachutes can be seen descending through the clouds and aeroplanes constantly criss-cross the skies.
    • The air vehicle is not fitted with conventional landing gear but instead achieves an accurate landing using a parachute and airbags.
    • Paragliding is the act of strapping on a parachute and running off the top of a cliff, where upward air currents fill the parachute and allow you to glide.
    • In 1922, Soviet soldiers were dropped successfully by parachute from aircraft.
    • The crates are fitted with parachutes and dropped from airplanes into Afghanistan.
    • Foton doesn't rely only on parachutes for its soft landing: there is also a retro-rocket system that ignites as the package nears the ground.
    • He was dropped by parachute at Arnhem and advanced into Germany.
    • A thousand feet later, he opened his parachute for a landing.
    • Once found, we then drop 2-liter bottles of water attached to parachutes.
    • Nick points to three parachutes opening and falling slowly towards the ground, one landing on a nearby rooftop.
    • Prosthetic limbs are dropped by parachute to a wind blown field hospital for land mine victims.
verbˈperəˌSHo͞otˈpɛrəˌʃut
  • 1Drop or cause to drop from an aircraft by parachute.

    跳伞;用降落伞空投,伞投

    no object airborne units parachuted in to secure the airport

    空降部队跳伞进入该地区保护机场。

    with object an air operation to parachute relief supplies into Bosnia

    把救援物资伞投到波斯尼亚的空中行动。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All three crew members parachuted from the aircraft, landing safely in West Germany and were recovered by US / Allied troops.
    • The American 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions parachuted into a deliberately flooded zone at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula.
    • Paratroopers who parachuted in will be lifted by crane back to their helicopters.
    • The other nine were able to safely parachute from the aircraft.
    • The group parachuted in and set up airborne operations. It was a great feat.
    • When I first travelled to this extraordinary land more than 30 years ago, it was with the French Foreign Legion, who had just parachuted into the copper-mining town of Kolwezi to put down a rebellion.
    • During the Shaba rebellion in the 1970s the US organised a military airlift and France parachuted in legionnaires to crush Mobutu's enemies.
    • British and Polish air troops together with the Polish brigade under the leadership of Sosabowski were parachuted in.
    • The assassinations and executions were to be carried out by agents already in place in the occupied countries or by agents parachuted in specifically for the task.
    • Under the command of Major Warden, the small commando unit is parachuted in and begins an overland march to the site of the bridge.
    • Sheriff was blinded by a German mortar bomb seven hours after he parachuted in 1944.
    • Sixty years after he parachuted into battle at Arnhem, Yorkshire veteran Tom Hicks descended once again from the skies to mark its anniversary.
    • This time his tasks included lying in ambush for the Germans and picking up supplies parachuted in by the RAF.
    • As the crewmen parachuted into the water their ejection seats transformed into emergency inflatable dinghies.
  • 2Appoint or be appointed in an emergency or from outside the existing hierarchy.

    紧急任命;临危受命;任命现任各级领导以外的人;被从现任各级领导以外任命

    an old crony of the CEO was controversially parachuted into the job
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It would have been more of a surprise had an external candidate been parachuted in - this is a job that presupposes a certain measure of internal continuity.
    • It helps to know what living in the village is like as it feels odd to be parachuted into this weird little world populated by 10,000 athletes.
    • They parachuted in councillors no one had ever seen before, none of whom had ever even sat on a fire authority.
    • At that time, Capellas had been at the helm of the computer giant for around a year, having been parachuted in to replace Eckhard Pfeiffer and push the company to the forefront of the internet economy.
    • While we all want to do all we can, having police teams at the college feels like we've been parachuted into a film without knowing the plot.
    • The Irishman was parachuted in from Australia, untested at running an opera house but well intentioned.
    • Timmins was parachuted into Las Vegas to oversee the opening, and it quickly became obvious that the debts would need refinancing.
    • Plus, some hedge funds have former CEOs and CFOs on their payrolls, ready to be parachuted in at a moment's notice.
    • He was parachuted into Jacqmar, a women's fashion subsidiary, and his interest in retail was born.
    • Experienced teachers from neighbouring schools were parachuted in.
    • When Keith Skerman was parachuted in 18 months ago, hopes were high that he would drag the department from the bottom of the national league tables.
    • It was also a good election for cronyism with a number of former special advisers being parachuted in.
    • It was just parachuted in at the last minute, and for no good reason that I can see.
    • They all seemed to have been parachuted into these jobs - they didn't have a clue.
    • I wasn't being parachuted in to a community, I was actually part of it, so I was able to look at it and do things with it in a way that nobody else could at that time.
    • After casting around for a new CEO, the board parachuted in Stuart Rose.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French para- ‘protection against’ + chute ‘fall’.

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