chute

Rutsche, Schacht

Schräger Durchgang oder Rohr, durch das Gegenstände oder Wasser von oben nach unten gelangen.

In einfachem Englisch: A sloping passage or tube that carries things or water from a higher place to a lower one.

• Drop the clothes down the laundry chute.
• Grain slid through the chute into a truck.
• The water chute carried water toward the wheel.

Synonyme: slide, channel

Häufige Wendungen: laundry chute, rubbish chute, water chute

Fallschirm

Große Vorrichtung aus Stoff, die sich in der Luft öffnet und den Fall eines Menschen abbremst.

In einfachem Englisch: A large cloth device that opens in the air to slow someone’s fall.

• His chute opened safely.
• The pilot pulled the cord to release her chute.
• They checked their chutes before boarding the plane.

Synonyme: parachute

Häufige Wendungen: open a chute, reserve chute, chute opens

mit dem Fallschirm abspringen

Aus einem Luftfahrzeug springen und mit einem Fallschirm langsam und sicher landen.

In einfachem Englisch: To jump from an aircraft and use a large cloth device to land slowly and safely.

• The soldiers chuted down safely.
• They chuted into a field near the village.
• He had never chuted from such a height before.

So benutzt man es: chute into something (The soldiers chuted into the valley.); chute from something (They chuted from a transport plane.)

Synonyme: parachute

Häufige Wendungen: chute down, chute into something