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parachute是什么意思

parachute

英 ['pærəʃuːt] 美 ['pærə'ʃʊt]
  • n. 降落伞
  • vi. 跳伞
  • 空投

parachute 中文词源


parachute 降落伞

para-,保护,防御,chute,下降,管道,词源同deciduous.即减弱下降力道的工具,引申词义降落伞。

parachute 英文词源


parachute (n.)
1784 (the year the use of one first was attempted, in Paris), from French parachute, literally "that which protects against a fall," hybrid coined by French aeronaut François Blanchard (1753-1809) from para- "defense against" (see para- (2)) + chute "a fall" (see chute).
PARACHUTE, a kind of large and strong umbrella, contrived to break a person's fall from an airballoon, should any accident happen to the balloon at a high elevation. ["Supplement to the Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences," Philadelphia, 1803]
parachute (v.)
1807, from parachute (n.). Related: Parachuted; parachuting.

parachute 双语例句


1. The Parachute Regiment could be forced to admit women.
伞兵团可能会被迫招收女性。

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2. 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。

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3. He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。

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4. 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。

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5. A gust of wind caught the parachute.
一阵风将降落伞吹远。

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