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

• Minds are like parachutes; they only function when open.
  思想就像降落伞，只有开启它，才发挥作用。
• Two airframe parachutes can be deployed in the event of the vehicle's catastrophic failure.
  如果发生灾难性故障，可以使用2顶机体降落伞。
• As GlobalFlyer approached the airport, Fossett deployed small parachutes to slow the craft down.
  “环球飞行者”号抵达机场时，福塞特用了小降落伞来延缓飞机降落的速度。
• 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。
• 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。
• The capsule, which parachutes to a splashdown in the ocean or a touchdown on land, is intended to improve astronaut safety, added Ferguson, a former NASA space shuttle pilot and commander.
  带着降落伞的太空舱没入大海之中或降落在陆地上，旨在改善宇航员安全，弗格森补充道，前美国国家航空航天局航天飞机飞行员兼指挥官。
• Basically, four guys came upstairs with parachutes hidden underneath their jackets, restaurant owner Shannon Bennett told the Herald Sun.
  基本的事实是，四个家伙上楼时把降落伞藏在他们的夹克里了。餐厅老板贝内特告诉《先驱太阳报》记者。
• "When the dew came down on the tents at night, the manna came down with it." Parachutes lowered the Mercury spacecraft to the ocean surface.
  夜间露水降在营中，吗哪也随着降下。降落伞将水星号航天器降落到海面。
• 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。
• 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。