parachute
英 ['p?r??u?t]
美['p?r?'??t]
- n. 降落伞
- vi. 跳伞
- 空投
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词态变化
复数:?parachutes;第三人称单数:?parachutes;过去式:?parachuted;过去分词:?parachuted;现在分词:?parachuting;
中文词源
parachute 降落伞
para-,保护，防御，chute,下降，管道，词源同deciduous.即减弱下降力道的工具，引申词义降落伞。
英文词源
- parachute (n.)
- 1784 (the year the use of one first was attempted, in Paris), from French parachute, literally "that which protects against a fall," hybrid coined by French aeronaut Fran?ois Blanchard (1753-1809) from para- "defense against" (see para- (2)) + chute "a fall" (see chute).
PARACHUTE, a kind of large and strong umbrella, contrived to break a person's fall from an airballoon, should any accident happen to the balloon at a high elevation. ["Supplement to the Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences," Philadelphia, 1803]
- parachute (v.)
- 1807, from parachute (n.). Related: Parachuted; parachuting.
双语例句
- 1. The Parachute Regiment could be forced to admit women.
- 伞兵团可能会被迫招收女性。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He plunged 300ft to the ground when his parachute collapsed.
- 降落伞突然瘪了，他从300英尺的高空跌落到地面。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
- 他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。
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- 4. 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。
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- 5. A gust of wind caught the parachute.
- 一阵风将降落伞吹远。
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