parachute

noun

1. 降落伞
   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 to form an umbrella shape.
   1. Planes dropped supplies by parachute.
      飞机用降落伞空投补给。
   2. a parachute drop/jump
      空投；跳伞
   3. a parachute regiment
      空降兵团

verb

1. 跳伞
   to jump from an aircraft using a parachute
   1. The pilot was able to parachute to safety.
      飞行员得以跳伞脱险。
   2. She regularly goes parachuting.
      她经常去从事跳伞活动。
2. 伞降；空投
   to drop sb/sth from an aircraft by parachute

1. N-COUNT 降落伞
   A parachute is a device which enables a person to jump from an aircraft and float safely to the ground. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth attached to your body by strings.
   1. They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes...
      他们下降了41,000英尺后才拉开伞。
   2. 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。
2. V-ERG （使）跳伞；（使）空降
   If a person parachutes or someone parachutes them somewhere, they jump from an aircraft using a parachute.
   1. He was a courier for the Polish underground and parachuted into Warsaw...
      他是波兰地下组织的情报员，被空降到华沙。
   2. He was parachuted in.
      他空降进入。
3. VERB 空投
   To parachute something somewhere means to drop it somewhere by parachute.
   1. Planes parachuted food, clothing, blankets, medicine and water into the rugged mountainous border region...
      飞机将食品、衣物、毯子、药品和水空投到崎岖多山的边界地区。
   2. Supplies were parachuted into the mountains.
      补给物资被空投到山区。
4. VERB （使）空降（指突然从机构外调入）
   If a person parachutes into an organization or if they are parachuted into it, they are brought in suddenly in order to help it.
   1. ...a consultant who parachutes into corporations and helps provide strategic thinking.
      空降到公司协助制定战略思想的顾问
   2. There was intense speculation 18 months ago that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament.
      18个月前，人们普遍猜测前外交大臣可能会空降至苏格兰议会。

1. The Parachute Regiment could be forced to admit women.
   伞兵团可能会被迫招收女性。
2. A gust of wind caught the parachute.
   一阵风将降落伞吹远。
3. 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。
4. Sixty-one small parachute symbols were painted on the left side just forward of the wing.
   61个小降落伞的标志被绘在左翼的正前面。
5. They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes
   他们下降了41,000英尺后才拉开伞。
6. 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。
7. He was a courier for the Polish underground and parachuted into Warsaw
   他是波兰地下组织的情报员，被空降到华沙。
8. He was parachuted in.
   他空降进入。
9. Planes parachuted food, clothing, blankets, medicine and water into the rugged mountainous border region
   飞机将食品、衣物、毯子、药品和水空投到崎岖多山的边界地区。
10. Supplies were parachuted into the mountains.
    补给物资被空投到山区。
11. There was intense speculation 18 months ago that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament.
    18个月前，人们普遍猜测前外交大臣可能会空降至苏格兰议会。
12. He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
    他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。
13. He was killed because he ignored a warning to put stronger cords on his parachute
    他忽视了降落伞上要求使用更结实的绳索的警告信息，因而命丧黄泉。
14. Please release the parachute when there is an emergency.
    有紧急情况，请打开降落伞。
15. Just make sure that you have a professional pilot strapped in the harness of your parachute.
    但是要确保你有一个专业的飞行员，且注意他的降落伞背带要系紧。
16. He also grabbed a parachute and jumped.
    他也抓了个伞包跳了下去。
17. They fly below parachute height.
    他们在低于降落伞的高度上飞行。
18. Objective to research the effect of parachute jump training on soldier's personality.
    目的研究跳伞训练对新兵人格特征的影响。
19. A person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute.
    用降落伞从飞机上跳下来的人。
20. After a period of intensive training, I was allowed to make my first parachute jump.
    经过一段时间的强化训练，我被允许第一次跳伞了。
21. The former invented the plane while the latter invented the parachute.
    乐观的人发明了飞机，悲观的人发明了降落伞。
22. A cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent.
    一种在降落过程中把降落伞从它的包中打开的绳索。
23. His backup parachute also failed.
    他的备用降落伞也坏了。
24. Can, optionally, be launched from a catapult and retrieved by parachute deployment.
    能够，任选采用弹射器发射和降落伞回收。
25. The paratrooper opened the parachute in mid air after he had jumped out of the plane.
    跳伞者扣上了背带.伞兵在跳下飞机后，在半空中打开了降落伞。
26. To parachute from an aircraft; eject.
    从飞机上用降落伞降落；弹射出。
27. Before the airplane exploded, all the people landed by parachute safely.
    翻译飞机爆炸前，所有的人都通过跳伞安全着陆。
28. "a" matter of course Sun Quan also carrying a parachute jump.
    “一个”孙权也理所当然背着降落伞跳了。
29. The pilot jumped out with a pack of parachute first.
    驾驶员背上一个降落伞包先跳出了机舱。
30. I will parachute down to see you.
    我会跳降落伞来见你的。

noun

1. rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

   Synonym:    chute

verb

1. jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

   Synonym:    chutejump