parachute

n. 降落伞

vi. 跳伞

空投

中文词源

parachute 降落伞

para-,保护，防御，chute,下降，管道，词源同deciduous.即减弱下降力道的工具，引申词义降落伞。

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.

2. He plunged 300ft to the ground when his parachute collapsed.: 降落伞突然瘪了，他从300英尺的高空跌落到地面。

3. He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.: 他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。

4. 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。