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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "Say," spoke up an alert passenger," aren't those parachutes?"
  一个警惕的乘客说：“这些东西不是降落伞吧？”
• 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。
• Spirit opened its parachutes and fired rockets to slow down.
  勇气号打开降落伞点燃火箭减速。
• Golden parachutes entitle them to a full year's salary if they get booted out of the company.
  一旦被公司解雇，“金降落伞”协议使他们有权领取相当于一整年的薪水。