parachute
n
device for making people or objects fall slowly and safely when dropped from an aeroplane, consisting of an umbrella-shaped canopy attached to a harness 降落伞
land by parachute 跳伞著陆
[attrib 作定语]
a parachute jump/drop 跳伞[空投]. parachute, v [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] (cause sb/sth to) drop by parachute from an aircraft (使某人)跳伞; 用降落伞空投(某物)
She enjoys parachuting. 她喜爱跳伞运动.
We parachuted into enemy territory. 我们跳伞空降到敌占区.
Supplies were parachuted into the earthquake zone. 救援物资已空投到地震区.
Yes, I see. How can they get rid of waste water in this way? What a terrible colour the sea is now! It looks as if our class won't be able to bathe at all.
是的,我看见了。他们怎么能这样排放废水呢?海水的颜色多么可怕呀!看来我们班同学根本不能在这里游泳。
There she studied the teaching of deafblind children.