parachute
parachute — 名詞
1. a wide cloth dome with strong cords that attach below to a falling person or car
降落傘
讓人或物品從高空緩慢降落的布製設備
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.
Marcus 拉動了拉繩，降落傘在下方綠色田野的上空打開。
open a parachute
The pilot strapped on a parachute before climbing into the small training plane.
飛行員爬進那架小型訓練機之前，先把降落傘綁在身上。
strap on a parachute
Aid workers dropped boxes of food and medicine by parachute into the flooded village.
救援人員以降落傘空投食物和藥品到那座淹水的村莊。
Lina folded her parachute carefully on the grass after her first solo jump.
Lina 完成第一次單人跳傘後，在草地上仔細地折疊她的降落傘。
His parachute failed to open, but the reserve one saved him at the last moment.
他的降落傘沒有打開，但備用傘在最後一刻救了他。
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 — 動詞
1. to leave a flying aircraft and fall through the sky wearing a parachute, which t
跳傘
戴著降落傘從飛機上跳下並降落地面
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.
Marcus 跳傘降落到距離跑道三英里遠的麥田裡。
parachute into [place]
The soldiers parachuted from the helicopter onto the rocky beach at dawn.
士兵們在天亮時從直升機跳傘到那片多岩石的海灘上。
parachute from [aircraft] onto [place]
Lina has parachuted more than two hundred times since she joined the club.
Lina 自從加入俱樂部後，跳傘已經超過兩百次。
Two firefighters parachuted down to fight the forest fire on the mountain.
兩名消防員跳傘下到山上去撲滅森林大火。
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
空投
用降落傘把人或物資從飛機上送到地面
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.
道路被切斷後，軍方把食物和毛毯空投到那座村莊。
parachute [thing] into [place]
Three medics were parachuted onto the island to treat the injured sailors.
三名醫護人員被空投到那座島上，去救治受傷的水手。
passive: be parachuted onto
Rescuers parachuted a small radio down to the trapped climbers on the cliff.
救難人員把一台小型無線電空投下去給困在懸崖上的登山客。
Heavy crates of vaccines were parachuted into the jungle clearing at sunrise.
成箱的疫苗在日出時被空投到叢林空地。
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,
空降；外派
突然被派進原本不熟悉的職位或場合
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.
前任執行長辭職後，董事會空降 Carlos 來接任這個職位。
parachute [person] in as [role]
A senior lawyer was parachuted into the team to handle the messy court case.
一位資深律師被空降進這個團隊，處理那件棘手的訴訟案。
passive: be parachuted into [team]
Sarah parachuted into the project last week and already wants to change everything.
Sarah 上週才空降到這個專案，就已經想把一切都改掉。
Voters dislike candidates who parachute into a town just before the election.
選民不喜歡那些選舉前才空降到一個城鎮的候選人。
- 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.