parachute

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. 降落傘

They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes. 他們下落了41000英尺才打開他們的降落傘。

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; 跳傘

He was a courier for the Polish underground and parachuted into Warsaw. 他是波蘭地下組織的信使，被空降到了華沙。

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

Planes parachuted food, clothing, blankets, medicine, and water into the rugged mountainous border region. 飛機(jī)把食物、衣服、毯子、藥和水空投到崎嶇的邊界山區(qū)。

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 (某機(jī)構(gòu)以幫助該機(jī)構(gòu))

...a consultant who parachutes into corporations and helps provide strategic thinking. …一個(gè)突然派到公司去幫助提供戰(zhàn)略思想的顧問。

Executives with political influence are parachuted into the company. 有政治影響的主管們被突然被派進(jìn)公司。