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parachute

noun
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːt/
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːt/
(also informal chute)
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  1. 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.降落伞
    • Planes dropped supplies by parachute.飞机用降落伞空投补给。🔊🔊
    • a parachute drop/jump空投；跳伞
    • a parachute regiment空降兵团
    see also golden parachute
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    Topics Transport by airb2, Sports: other sportsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + parachute
    • deploy
    • use
    • open
    • …
    parachute + verb
    • deploy
    • open
    • fail to deploy
    • …
    parachute + noun
    • drop
    • jump
    • instructor
    • …
    preposition
    • by parachute
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French para- ‘protection against’ + chute ‘fall’.

parachute

verb
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːt/
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they parachute
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːt/
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːt/
he / she / it parachutes
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːts/
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːts/
past simple parachuted
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːtɪd/
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːtɪd/
past participle parachuted
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːtɪd/
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːtɪd/
-ing form parachuting
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpærəʃuːtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to jump from an aircraft using a parachute跳伞
    • The pilot was able to parachute to safety.飞行员得以跳伞脱险。🔊🔊
    • She regularly goes parachuting.她经常去从事跳伞活动。🔊🔊
    Topics Transport by airb2, Sports: other sportsb2
  2. [transitive] parachute somebody/something + adv./prep. to drop somebody/something from an aircraft by parachute伞降；空投
    • Supplies were parachuted into the region.补给降落在该地区。
    Topics Transport by airb2
    3. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French para- ‘protection against’ + chute ‘fall’.