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

• Investors battered by scandals over stock-options and golden parachutes sometimes look to family-run companies for salvation.
  经历股票期权丑闻和黄金降落伞丑闻后，备受打击的投资者有时会求救于那些家族运营的公司。
• 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。
• If all the golden parachutes were used at the same time, it would bankrupt the company.
  如果同时支付全部的提前离职津贴，公司就会破产。
• We will find out whether they left with golden parachutes or with just a carton box packed with their personal belongings.
  我们将会了解他们是带着金色降落伞离开的，还是只带了装满个人物品的瓦楞纸箱。
• We could make better parachutes.
  我们就能制出更好的降落。
• Chutist: one who parachutes from an aircraft; a parachutist.
  从飞机上跳伞的人；跳伞者。
• Their job was to test special air pressure clothing and new kinds of parachutes.
  以试验一种特殊气压服和新型降落伞。
• 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；
• Don't forget to press tendrils, pods, burs and fruits like silly parachutes for your craft projects.
  别忘了用卷须，豆荚，刺果和诸如没用的降落伞状的果实来做点花活。
• Parachutes lowered the Mercury spacecraft to the ocean surface.
  降落伞将水星号航天器降落到海面。