parachute

• n. 降落傘
• vi. 跳傘
• 空投

para-,保護，防禦，chute,下降，管道，詞源同deciduous.即減弱下降力道的工具，引申詞義降落傘。

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.

傘兵團可能會被迫招收女性。

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2. He plunged 300ft to the ground when his parachute collapsed.

降落傘突然癟了，他從300英尺的高空跌落到地麵。

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3. He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.

他差點被自己的降落傘吊帶勒死。

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4. UN troops could be landed by helicopter or even by parachute.

聯合國部隊可以乘直升機著陸，甚至可以傘降。

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5. A gust of wind caught the parachute.

一陣風將降落傘吹遠。

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