parachute /ˈpærəˌʃuːt/ CET6 TEM4 ( parachuting, parachuted, parachutes )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A parachute is a device that 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. 降落伞

  例：

  They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes.

  他们下落了41000英尺才打开他们的降落伞。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If a person parachutes or someone parachutes them somewhere, they jump from an aircraft using a parachute. 使空降; 跳伞

  例：

  He was a courier for the Polish underground and parachuted into Warsaw.

  他是波兰地下组织的信使，被空降到了华沙。

• 3. 

  V-T To parachute something somewhere means to drop it somewhere by parachute. 空投

  例：

  Planes parachuted food, clothing, blankets, medicine, and water into the rugged mountainous border region.

  飞机把食物、衣服、毯子、药和水空投到崎岖的边界山区。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If a person parachutes into an organization or if they are parachuted into it, they are brought in suddenly in order to help it. 突然派到 (某机构以帮助该机构)

  例：

  ...a consultant who parachutes into corporations and helps provide strategic thinking.

  …一个突然派到公司去帮助提供战略思想的顾问。

  例：

  Executives with political influence are parachuted into the company.

  有政治影响的主管们被突然被派进公司。