para-,保护，防御，chute,下降，管道，词源同deciduous.即减弱下降力道的工具，引申词义降落伞。

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

伞兵团可能会被迫招收女性。

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

降落伞突然瘪了，他从300英尺的高空跌落到地面。

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

他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。

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

联合国部队可以乘直升机着陆，甚至可以伞降。

5. A gust of wind caught the parachute.

一阵风将降落伞吹远。