parachutes

英 [ˈpærəʃuːts]

美 [ˈpærəʃuːts]

n.  降落伞
v.  跳伞; 伞降; 空投
parachute的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 降落伞
  Aparachuteis 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。
• V-ERG （使）跳伞；（使）空降
  If a personparachutesor someoneparachutesthem 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。
• VERB 空投
  Toparachutesomething 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。
• VERB （使）空降（指突然从机构外调入）
  If a personparachutes intoan organization or if theyare parachuted intoit, 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。

双语例句

• They either ejected at too low an altitude, hitting the ground before their parachutes could open, or they went down with their planes.
  他们要么因为弹射高度太低，降落伞没打开就已经坠地，要么就和飞机一道坠毁。
• They have wings or parachutes so that the wind can carry them easily.
  他们有翅膀或降落伞，风可以轻易地把它们带到别处；
• Parachutes lowered the Mercury spacecraft to the ocean surface.
  降落伞将水星号航天器降落到海面。
• It will have a vertical take-off and landing capability and emergency airframe parachutes, and it will be capable of using various fuels.
  它将具有垂直起落能力，并配备有应急机体降落伞，而且它将能够使用多种燃料。
• They often defend golden parachutes as necessary to compete with other companies for the country's most helpful managers.
  他们通常认为为了在与其他公司的竞争中，能得到国内最好的管理者，这种“黄金降落伞”是必要的。
• There were only five parachutes, so the crew gave one to the president, one to me and the other three to high ranking generals.
  当时飞机上只有五把降落伞，机组人员给了总统一把，我一把，其余三把给了高级将领们。
• Spreading himself like a parachute, to slow his fall, Two airframe parachutes can be deployed in the event of the vehicle's catastrophic failure.
  他把身体展开得像降落伞一样，以便减慢下落的速度。如果发生灾难性故障，可以使用2顶机体降落伞。
• But you know they've said that the best parachutes are those pack those own chutes.
  但大家知道有一句话是，最好的伞兵都是自己收拾降落伞。
• We had just gotten to the part about reserve parachutes when another student raised his hand.
  我们正学到关于备用伞的部分，这时候，一位学生举了手。
• How about we stay down here and iook for a coupIe parachutes.
  我们留在这里找降落伞怎么样。