a cloth canopy which fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft, or which is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake
降落伞；减速伞。
drop or cause to drop from an aircraft by parachute
跳伞；用降落伞空投，伞投
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airborne units parachuted in to secure the airport 空降部队跳伞进入该地区保护机场
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an air operation to parachute relief supplies into Bosnia .把救援物资伞投到波斯尼亚的空中行动。
appoint or be appointed in an emergency or from outside the existing hierarchy
紧急任命；临危受命；任命现任各级领导以外的人；被从现任各级领导以外任命
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the former Conservative minister was controversially parachuted into the safe seat .原保守党大臣被“空降”到这个靠得住的议会选区，对此争议颇多。
"late 18th cent.: from French
