chute

シュート、滑り台

物や水を高い場所から低い場所へ送る、傾斜した通路や管。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： slide, channel

よく使う表現： laundry chute, rubbish chute, water chute

パラシュート

空中で大きな布を広げ、人の落下を遅くする装置。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： parachute

よく使う表現： open a chute, reserve chute, chute opens

パラシュートで降下する

航空機から飛び降り、パラシュートでゆっくり安全に着地する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： chute into something (The soldiers chuted into the valley.); chute from something (They chuted from a transport plane.)

類義語： parachute

よく使う表現： chute down, chute into something