a device that is attached to people or objects to make them fall slowly and safely when they are dropped from an aircraft. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth that opens out in the air. see also golden parachuteTopics Transport by airb2, Sports: other sportsb2降落伞 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + parachute- deploy
- use
- open
- …
- deploy
- open
- fail to deploy
- …
- drop
- jump
- instructor
- …
- by parachute
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French para- ‘protection against’ + chute ‘fall’.