parachute

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

para·chute [parachute parachutes parachuted parachuting] noun, verb BrE [ˈpærəʃuːt] NAmE [ˈpærəʃuːt]
noun (also informal chute)
a device that is attached to people or objects to make them fall slowly and safely when they are dropped from an aircraft. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth that opens out in the air to form an umbrella shape
•Planes dropped supplies by parachute.
•a parachute drop/jump
•a parachute regiment

Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: from French para- ‘protection against’ + chute ‘fall’.

Example Bank:
•Supplies were dropped by parachute.

 
verb
1. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to jump from an aircraft using a ↑parachute
•The pilot was able to parachute to safety.
•She regularly goes parachuting.
2. transitive ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. to drop sb/sth from an aircraft by ↑parachute
•Supplies were parachuted into the region.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: from French para- ‘protection against’ + chute ‘fall’.
 
See also: ↑chute

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  chute, jump