parachute

parachute

Grande toile résistante qui s’ouvre dans les airs pour ralentir la chute d’une personne ou d’un objet.

En anglais simple : A large piece of strong cloth that opens in the air to slow a falling person or object.

• Her parachute opened above the field.
• The supplies landed safely under a large parachute.
• Did you check your parachute before the jump?

Synonymes : chute

Expressions courantes : open a parachute, parachute jump, parachute canopy, with a parachute

sauter en parachute

Descendre dans les airs à l’aide d’un parachute qui ralentit la chute.

En anglais simple : To come down through the air using a large cloth device that slows your fall.

• They parachuted onto the beach.
• She wants to parachute from a plane for charity.
• The soldiers parachuted into a field at dawn.

Comment l'utiliser : parachute from something (They parachuted from a small aircraft.); parachute into/onto something (The rescuers parachuted into the valley.)

Expressions courantes : parachute from something, parachute into something