parachute
n
device for making people or objects fall slowly and safely when dropped from an aeroplane, consisting of an umbrella-shaped canopy attached to a harness 降落伞
land by parachute 跳伞著陆
[attrib 作定语]
a parachute jump/drop 跳伞[空投]. parachute, v [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] (cause sb/sth to) drop by parachute from an aircraft (使某人)跳伞; 用降落伞空投(某物)
She enjoys parachuting. 她喜爱跳伞运动.
We parachuted into enemy territory. 我们跳伞空降到敌占区.
Supplies were parachuted into the earthquake zone. 救援物资已空投到地震区.
Easy. I'll ask the company for a list of recent customers.
这事容易。我向公司要一份近期顾客的名单就行了。
New Zealand is an impotant agricultural country with a small population. In size it is bigger than Guangdong Province, yet has a much smaller population.
新西兰是一个人口很少的重要的农业国。新西兰的面积比广东省大,但人口却少得多。
After a short time a line of bees fly to and from the hive like a thin stream.