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

• 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 could make better parachutes.
  我们就能制出更好的降落。
• They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes
  他们下降了41,000英尺后才拉开伞。
• 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。
• The video was shot through a fence at some distance, but magnified still images appeared to show the aircraft with its nosewheel clearly off the ground and its parachutes deployed.
  这个视频是远距离从一个栅栏之后拍摄的，但是放大之后似乎显示飞机头部机轮明显离开地面，后面装备了降落伞。
• 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。
• 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。
• Spreading himself like a parachute, to slow his fall, Two airframe parachutes can be deployed in the event of the vehicle's catastrophic failure.
  他把身体展开得像降落伞一样，以便减慢下落的速度。如果发生灾难性故障，可以使用2顶机体降落伞。
• 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。
• 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。