parachute

英 [ˈpær.ə.ʃuːt]      美 [ˈper.ə.ʃuːt]
  • n. 降落伞
  • vi. 跳伞
  • 空投
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将“parachute”拆分为“para”和“chute”。想象一个“chute”(滑梯)有降落伞的功能,即“para”(附加、超出)通常与降落伞的功能有关联,这样就能形象地记住这个单词的意思是“降落伞”。

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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 (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.
1. The Parachute Regiment could be forced to admit women.
伞兵团可能会被迫招收女性。
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。
3. He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。
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。
5. A gust of wind caught the parachute.
一阵风将降落伞吹远。

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