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

• 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。
• 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。
• Parachutes lowered the Mercury spacecraft to the ocean surface.
  降落伞将水星号航天器降落到海面。
• Spirit opened its parachutes and fired rockets to slow down.
  勇气号打开降落伞点燃火箭减速。
• These parachutes ensure that the LAMV and the operator and soldiers it carries can land safely.
  这两顶降落伞可确保LAMV及其驾驶员和所载土兵安全着陆。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes
  他们下降了41,000英尺后才拉开伞。
• 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。