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.
I'm sorry to have done that. I didn't mean to be so rude.
我为那样做感到抱歉。我并不想那样粗鲁的。
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