chute

chute1
(亦作 shoot)
noun
  1. a sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level
    斜道;滑运道
    ■a water slide into a swimming pool
    (注入泳池的)水流
语源
  1. early 19th cent. (originally a North American usage): from French, fall' (of water or rocks), from Old French cheoite, feminine past participle of cheoir 'to fall', from Latin cadere; influenced by shoot

chute2
noun
  1. (informal)a parachute
    (非正式)降落伞
    ■(Sailing). informal term for spinnaker
    (航海 非正式)。 同 spinnaker
派生
chutist
noun
语源
  1. 1920s: shortened form
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