parachute

• n. パラシュート
• vi. パラシュート
• エアドロップ

パラ、保護、防御、シュート、降下、チューブ、語源は落下傘と同じ。

parachute (n.)

1784 (the year the use of one first was attempted, in Paris), from French parachute, literally "that which protects against a fall," hybrid coined by French aeronaut Fran?ois Blanchard (1753-1809) from para- "defense against" (see para- (2)) + chute "a fall" (see chute).

PARACHUTE, a kind of large and strong umbrella, contrived to break a person's fall from an airballoon, should any accident happen to the balloon at a high elevation. ["Supplement to the Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences," Philadelphia, 1803]

parachute (v.)

1807, from parachute (n.). Related: Parachuted; parachuting.

1. The Parachute Regiment could be forced to admit women.

傘兵団は女性の募集を余儀なくされる可能性がある。

2.He plunged 300 ft to the ground when his parachute collapsed.

パラシュートが突然しぼんで、彼は300フィートの上空から地面に落ちた。

3.He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.

彼はもう少しで自分のパラシュートストラップに首を絞められそうになった。

4.UN troops could be landed by helicopter or even by parachute .

国連部隊はヘリコプターで着陸でき、傘を降下することもできる。

5.A gust of wind caught the parachute .

パラシュートが遠くに吹く風。