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parachute n.降落伞 If your airplane is in trouble, and you need to jump, your best friend is a parachute. That's the device people jumping from airplanes use to slow down their falls. A parachute fills up like a balloon, slowing the person down so they fall to the ground gently and safely. People who jump out of planes for fun also use parachutes. When you do this, you're parachuting. Whether for fun or because of your plane's mechanical failure, parachuting is exciting. ★☆☆☆☆ 2007.3

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['pærəʃu:t] A parachute fills with air and breaks the fall of someone falling from an airplane. As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback – a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]降落伞 A parachute is a device which enables a person to jump from an aircraft and float safely to the ground. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth attached to your body by strings.   [also by N]They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes...他们下降了41,000英尺后才拉开伞。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。2[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）跳伞；（使）空降 If a person parachutes or someone parachutes them somewhere, they jump from an aircraft using a parachute.   [V prep/adv]  [be V-ed prep/adv]He was a courier for the Polish underground and parachuted into Warsaw...他是波兰地下组织的情报员，被空降到华沙。He was parachuted in.他空降进入。3[VERB 动词]空投 To parachute something somewhere means to drop it somewhere by parachute.   [V n prep/adv]Planes parachuted food, clothing, blankets, medicine and water into  the rugged mountainous border region...飞机将食品、衣物、毯子、药品和水空投到崎岖多山的边界地区。Supplies were parachuted into the mountains.补给物资被空投到山区。4[VERB 动词]（使）空降（指突然从机构外调入） If a person parachutes into an organization or if they are parachuted into it, they are brought in suddenly in order to help it.   [V into]  [be V-ed into]...a consultant who parachutes into corporations and helps provide strategic thinking.空降到公司协助制定战略思想的顾问There was intense speculation 18 months ago that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament.18个月前，人们普遍猜测前外交大臣可能会空降至苏格兰议会。

英语单词	parachute
英美音标	['pærəʃu:t]
中文释义	n.降落伞
vocab简明	A parachute fills with air and breaks the fall of someone falling from an airplane.
vocab扩展	If your airplane is in trouble, and you need to jump, your best friend is a parachute. That's the device people jumping from airplanes use to slow down their falls. A parachute fills up like a balloon, slowing the person down so they fall to the ground gently and safely. People who jump out of planes for fun also use parachutes. When you do this, you're parachuting. Whether for fun or because of your plane's mechanical failure, parachuting is exciting.
真题原句	As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback – a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]降落伞 A parachute is a device which enables a person to jump from an aircraft and float safely to the ground. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth attached to your body by strings. [also by N] They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes... 他们下降了41,000英尺后才拉开伞。 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。 2 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）跳伞；（使）空降 If a person parachutes or someone parachutes them somewhere, they jump from an aircraft using a parachute. [V prep/adv] [be V-ed prep/adv] He was a courier for the Polish underground and parachuted into Warsaw... 他是波兰地下组织的情报员，被空降到华沙。 He was parachuted in. 他空降进入。 3 [VERB 动词]空投 To parachute something somewhere means to drop it somewhere by parachute. [V n prep/adv] Planes parachuted food, clothing, blankets, medicine and water into the rugged mountainous border region... 飞机将食品、衣物、毯子、药品和水空投到崎岖多山的边界地区。 Supplies were parachuted into the mountains. 补给物资被空投到山区。 4 [VERB 动词]（使）空降（指突然从机构外调入） If a person parachutes into an organization or if they are parachuted into it, they are brought in suddenly in order to help it. [V into] [be V-ed into] ...a consultant who parachutes into corporations and helps provide strategic thinking. 空降到公司协助制定战略思想的顾问 There was intense speculation 18 months ago that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament. 18个月前，人们普遍猜测前外交大臣可能会空降至苏格兰议会。
来源	2007.3

Parachute D Person Jump [V Prep/Adv Fills Fall