单词 | parachutist |
释义 | parachutistn. A person who makes a descent by parachute, one skilled in parachuting; (in earliest use) a person who descends from a balloon in a parachute; (later) a person who makes a parachute descent from an aircraft, as a soldier dropped by parachute, one who parachutes for sport, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > parachutist parachutist1837 parachuter1917 chutist1920 parasailer1962 base jumper1981 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > parachuting and hang-gliding > [noun] > one who parachutist1837 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > others jousterc1330 knight1489 rutter1506 reister1521 reiter1556 ruiter1579 hargulater1581 lancer1590 lance1602 rutar1610 dragon1620 dragoon1622 right-hand man1626 dragooner1639 leaguerer1639 deli1667 Light Dragoon1700 uhlan1753 sabre1836 parachutist1837 sabreur1845 yellow leg1857 spahi1863 horse-marine1878 uhlaner1886 1837 Morning Advertiser 31 July 3/6 The same spirit which animated the breasts of those great men I have mentioned, also warmed the imagination of the late unfortunate parachutist. 1853 N.-Y. Daily Times 28 June 2/3 An enormous escape of gas had taken place... Had the parachutist cut the rope then, all would have been well. 1888 Weekly Scotsman 6 Oct. 4/2 Mr. Baldwin, the now well-known balloonist and parachutist. 1927 Illustr. London News 10 Sept. 406 (caption) The perilous work of the parachutist. 1940 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 10 Apr.–11 May 114 Another photograph showing large numbers of Red Army parachutists falling from troop-carrying aircraft during Soviet Army manoeuvres. 1974 Times 19 Apr. 15/5 A sports parachutist just starting out could expect to spend £500 on his kit. 2000 Daily Tel. 24 July 3/1 An experienced parachutist who recently learned to ‘skysurf’ fell to his death when his snowboard became entangled in his emergency parachute in a 15,000ft jump. Derivatives ˈparachutism n. rare the practice of parachuting. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > [noun] parachuting1843 parachutism1889 brolly-hopping1934 parasailing1962 parajumping1977 paragliding1978 base jumping1981 parapente1987 1889 Graphic 3 Aug. 127/1 By and by, perhaps, Society may vote parachutism vulgar. 1987 M. G. Knight How to do Business with Russians 70 Air-crafts, gliders, parachutism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837 |
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