parachute
/ˈpærəʃuːt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈpærəʃuːt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈper-ə-ˌshüt ˈpa-rə-/ (ame, mw) · /ˈpær.ə.ʃuːt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈper.ə.ʃuːt/ (ame, ipa)
parachute — noun
- parachutesingular
- parachutesplural
1. a wide cloth dome with strong cords that attach below to a falling person or car
a wide cloth dome with strong cords that attach below to a falling person or cargo; the dome catches the air, slowing the descent so a safe landing is possible after leaving an aircraft.
Marcus pulled the cord and his parachute opened above the green fields below.
open a parachute
The pilot strapped on a parachute before climbing into the small training plane.
strap on a parachute
Aid workers dropped boxes of food and medicine by parachute into the flooded village.
Lina folded her parachute carefully on the grass after her first solo jump.
His parachute failed to open, but the reserve one saved him at the last moment.
文法句型
open / pack / pull a parachute
用法筆記
Often paired with verbs of preparation (pack, fold, strap on) or operation (open, deploy, pull). The phrase 'by parachute' acts as a means-of-delivery adverbial.
常見錯誤
parachute — verb
- parachutepresent simple I / you / we / they
- parachutes3rd person singular
- parachuting-ing form
- parachutedpast simple
1. to leave a flying aircraft and fall through the sky wearing a parachute, which t
to leave a flying aircraft and fall through the sky wearing a parachute, which then opens to slow your fall before you land.
Marcus parachuted into a wheat field three miles from the runway.
parachute into [place]
The soldiers parachuted from the helicopter onto the rocky beach at dawn.
parachute from [aircraft] onto [place]
Lina has parachuted more than two hundred times since she joined the club.
Two firefighters parachuted down to fight the forest fire on the mountain.
文法句型
parachute into / onto / from somewhere
用法筆記
Almost always followed by an adverb or preposition showing direction or destination (down, in, into, onto, from). Bare 'parachute' without a path phrase is rare.
常見錯誤
2. to send a person, supplies, or equipment down from an aircraft hanging beneath a
to send a person, supplies, or equipment down from an aircraft hanging beneath a parachute, so that they reach the ground safely.
The army parachuted food and blankets into the village after the road was cut off.
parachute [thing] into [place]
Three medics were parachuted onto the island to treat the injured sailors.
passive: be parachuted onto
Rescuers parachuted a small radio down to the trapped climbers on the cliff.
Heavy crates of vaccines were parachuted into the jungle clearing at sunrise.
文法句型
parachute somebody/something into somewhere
be parachuted in
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive ('was parachuted in'), because the focus is on the cargo or person delivered, not on the pilot doing the dropping.
常見錯誤
3. to arrive suddenly in a job, role, or problem you have not been part of before,
to arrive suddenly in a job, role, or problem you have not been part of before, usually to give short-term help; also, to send another person in like this.
The board parachuted Carlos in as chief executive after the old one resigned.
parachute [person] in as [role]
A senior lawyer was parachuted into the team to handle the messy court case.
passive: be parachuted into [team]
Sarah parachuted into the project last week and already wants to change everything.
Voters dislike candidates who parachute into a town just before the election.
- promote from within
opposite strategy: choose someone already in the team
文法句型
parachute into [a role / situation]
parachute somebody in
用法筆記
Often carries a slightly negative tone: the newcomer is seen as an outsider with no local knowledge. Distinguish from sense 1 (literal jumping) by the abstract destination — a job, team, or election rather than a place on the ground.