搜尋結果
parachute
- IPA[ˈperəˌSHo͞ot]
美式
- a cloth canopy which fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft, or which is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake
- drop or cause to drop from an aircraft by parachute;appoint or be appointed in an emergency or from outside the existing hierarchy
verb: parachute, 3rd person present: parachutes, gerund or present participle: parachuting, past tense: parachuted, past participle: parachuted
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a cloth canopy which fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft, or which is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake the savior of many pilots has been the parachute the planes came over the coast and started to drop supplies by parachute
動詞
- 1. drop or cause to drop from an aircraft by parachute airborne units parachuted in to secure the airport an air operation to parachute relief supplies into Bosnia
- 2. appoint or be appointed in an emergency or from outside the existing hierarchy an old crony of the CEO was controversially parachuted into the job