parachute

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpæɹəʃuːt/    美 /ˈpæɹəʃut/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.
  2. A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
  3. Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
  4. A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
    — Under that there are dildos and butt-plugs arranged by size on two shelves: two fat butt-plugs and four small ones, four two-headed dildos, eight ordinary dildos. Under that, the little material hanging on nails: five different pairs of nipple clamps, some clothespins, a parachute for the balls, a dog collar, two hoods, one in leather, one in latex, six cockrings, in steel or leather, regular or with built-in ball-squeezers, two dick sheaths […]
  5. A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.
动词 v.
  1. To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device. intransitive
    — Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
  2. To introduce into a place using such a device. transitive
    — The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.
  3. To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into. transitive
  4. To wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when the covering dissolves within the body. slang

词形变化

parachutes plural parachutes present,singular,third-person parachuting participle,present parachuted participle,past parachuted past

词汇关系

衍生词
antiparachute bumbershoot chute collared parachute drag parachute drogue parachute golden parachute parachutable parachute candidate parachute flare parachuteless parachutelike parachute panties parachute pants parachute payment parachute roll parachutic parachuting parachutism parachutist paradun peacock parachute spider statichute umbershoot
相关词
parapente parasail paratrooper skydiving

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).
词源 2
Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).
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