Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - parachute
Parachute
parachute
n. & v. --n. 1 a rectangular or umbrella-shaped apparatus allowing a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly from a height, esp. from an aircraft, or to retard motion in other ways. 2 (attrib.) dropped or to be dropped by parachute (parachute troops; parachute flare). --v.tr. & intr. convey or descend by parachute. Etymology: F (as PARA-(2), CHUTE(1))
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I. noun see: chute Date: 1785 a device for slowing the descent of a person or object through the air that consists of a fabric canopy beneath which the person or object is suspended, patagium, a device or structure suggestive of a ~ in form, use, or operation, parachutic adjective II. verb (-chuted; -chuting) Date: 1809 transitive verb to convey by means of a ~, intransitive verb to descend by means of a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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