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N-COUNT
降落傘
A parachute is a device which 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.
例句
They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes...
他們下降了41,000英尺后才拉開傘。
UN troops could be landed by helicopter or even by parachute.
聯合國部隊可以乘直升機著陸，甚至可以傘降。
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V-ERG
（使）跳傘；（使）空降
If a person parachutes or someone parachutes them somewhere, they jump from an aircraft using a parachute.
例句
He was a courier for the Polish underground and parachuted into Warsaw...
他是波蘭地下組織的情報員，被空降到華沙。
He was parachuted in.
他空降進入。
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VERB
空投
To parachute something somewhere means to drop it somewhere by parachute.
例句
Planes parachuted food, clothing, blankets, medicine and water into the rugged mountainous border region...
飛機將食品、衣物、毯子、藥品和水空投到崎嶇多山的邊界地區。
Supplies were parachuted into the mountains.
補給物資被空投到山區。
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VERB
（使）空降（指突然從機構外調入）
If a person parachutes into an organization or if they are parachuted into it, they are brought in suddenly in order to help it.
例句
...a consultant who parachutes into corporations and helps provide strategic thinking.
空降到公司協助制定戰略思想的顧問
There was intense speculation 18 months ago that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament.
18個月前，人們普遍猜測前外交大臣可能會空降至蘇格蘭議會。