请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 parachute
释义

parachute

noun
/ˈpærəʃuːt/
/ˈpærəʃuːt/
(also informal chute)
jump to other results
  1. enlarge image
    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.
    • Planes dropped supplies by parachute.
    • a parachute drop/jump
    • a parachute regiment
    see also golden parachute
    Wordfinder
    • aircraft
    • bomber
    • drone
    • fighter
    • helicopter
    • jet
    • jump jet
    • parachute
    • pilot
    • warplane
    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
    See full entry
    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/
jump to other results
  1. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to jump from an aircraft using a parachute
    • The pilot was able to parachute to safety.
    • She regularly goes parachuting.
    Topics Transport by airb2, Sports: other sportsb2
  2. [transitive] parachute somebody/something + adv./prep. to drop somebody/something from an aircraft by parachute
    • Supplies were parachuted into the region.
    Topics Transport by airb2
    3. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French para- ‘protection against’ + chute ‘fall’.
随便看

　

英语词典包含84843条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

　

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/11/15 1:37:26