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| Peracute | a. [ L. peracutus. See Per-, and Acute. ] Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever. [ R. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Parachute | n. [ F., fr. parer to ward off, guard + chute a fall. See Parry, and Chute, Chance. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. A device made of a piece of cloth, usually silk, attached to multiple chords fastened to a harness; when attached to a person or object falling through the air, it opens from a folded configuration into an umbrella-shaped form, thus slowing the rate of descent so that a safe descent and landing may be made through the air from an airplane, balloon, or other high point. It is commonly used for descending to the ground from a flying airplane, as for military operations (as of airborne troops) or in an emergency, or for sport. In the case of use as a sport, the descent from an airplane by parachute is called sky diving. Some older versions of parachute were more rigid, and were shaped somewhat in the form of an umbrella. 2. (Zool.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister. [ 1913 Webster ] | | parachute | v. i. TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place using a parachute; as, when the plane stalled, he parachuted safely to the ground. [ PJC ]
golden parachute a generous set of financial benefits, including severance pay, provided by contract to a high-level corporate employee in the event s/he is dismissed or his/her job is lost in a corporate takeover or merger; also, the contract providing for such benefits. --
drogue parachute a small parachute that is first released and opened in order to more reliably deploy a larger parachute. Also called drogue. [ PJC ]
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| | | parachute | (แพ'ระซูท) n. ร่มชูชีพ vi. ทิ้งลงด้วยร่มชูชีพ |
| | | | A parachute. The most compact in the world. | ร่มชูชีพ ที่ขนาดเล็กที่สุดในโลก The Great Dictator (1940) | | He thrust his great American hand into my dress and I felt the utility material of which it was made, parachute silk, tear asunder under the thrust of his passion. | การแต่งกายของฉันและฉัน รู้สึกว่าวัสดุยูทิลิตี้ ซึ่งมันถูกสร้างขึ้น, ผ้าไหมร่มชู ชีพฉีกขาด แยกออกภายใต้แรงผลักดันของ ความรักของเขา How I Won the War (1967) | | No more parachutes! | ร่มชูชีพ no more! Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) | | We slow it down with a parachute. | อันย่ากับเอว่า! Full House (1987) | | Go, go, gadget parachute! | ไป ไป ร่มชูชีพแก็ดเจ็ท Inspector Gadget 2 (2003) | | Go, go, gadget parachute, back in the thing. | ไป ไป ร่มชูชีพแก็ดเจ็ท เอากลับเข้าสิ Inspector Gadget 2 (2003) | | Parachuted out of a plane 30 years ago with a million and a half in cash. | คนที่กระโดดร่ม ปล้นเงิน 1.5 ล้านเหรียญ เมื่อ 30 ปีก่อน Pilot (2005) | | His parachute didn't open. | ร่มชูชีพของเขาไม่กาง Kung Fu Fighting (2007) | | Wait, he fell 12, 000 feet without a parachute? | เดี๊ยวก่อน, เขาตกจาก 12000 ฟุต โดยไม่มีร่มชูชีพ Kung Fu Fighting (2007) | | You can skydive without a parachute. | เธอโดดร่มได้ โดยไม่ต้องใช้ร่ม Chapter Three 'Kindred' (2007) | | When you're dropping without a parachute or your store's being robbed or your house is on fire, who is it that brakes your fall, puts out the flames and saves your children? | ดิฉันขอถาม: Spider-Man 3 (2007) | | Intentionally jumps out of a plane without parachutes. | เล่นแผลงๆโดยการกระโดดจากเครื่องบิน โดยไม่ใช้ร่มชูชีพ The Ten (2007) |
| | โดดร่ม | (v) parachute, Syn. กระโดดร่ม, เหินเวหา, ดิ่งพสุธา, Example: ทหารฝึกโดดร่มทุกวัน, Thai Definition: โดดจากเครื่องบินโดยมีร่มชูชีพเป็นเครื่องพยุง | | ร่มชูชีพ | (n) parachute, Example: กล้องถ่ายรูปที่ใช้จรวดยิงขึ้นไปสู่ท้องฟ้า จะกลับมาสู่โลกด้วยร่มชูชีพ, Count Unit: ชุด, Thai Definition: เครื่องพยุงตัวเมื่อโดดจากที่สูง กางแล้วรูปคล้ายร่ม | | กระโดดร่ม | (v) parachute, See also: bail out, make a parachute jump, Thai Definition: กระโดดออกจากอากาศยานในขณะอยู่ในอากาศเพื่อลงสู่พื้นดินโดยอาศัยร่มชูชีพ | | ดิ่งพสุธา | (n) parachute, Example: นักกระโดดร่มดิ่งพสุธาลงมาอย่างงดงาม, Thai Definition: เรียกการกระโดดร่มจากที่สูงโดยให้ตัวลอยอยู่ในอากาศก่อน เมื่อใกล้พื้นดินประมาณ 1, 000 เมตร จึงกระตุกสายร่มให้กางออกว่า กระโดดร่มแบบดิ่งพสุธา |
| | ดิ่งพสุธา | [dingphasuthā] (n) EN: parachute FR: parachute [ m ] | | โดดร่ม | [dōt rom] (v, exp) EN: parachute FR: sauter en parachute | | กระโดดร่ม | [kradōt rom] (v, exp) EN: parachute FR: sauter en parachute ; descendre en parachute | | ร่ม | [rom] (n) EN: parachute FR: parachute [ m ] | | ร่มชูชีพ | [romchūchīp] (n) EN: parachute FR: parachute [ m ] |
| | | | parachute | (n) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall, Syn. chute |
| | Parachute | n. [ F., fr. parer to ward off, guard + chute a fall. See Parry, and Chute, Chance. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. A device made of a piece of cloth, usually silk, attached to multiple chords fastened to a harness; when attached to a person or object falling through the air, it opens from a folded configuration into an umbrella-shaped form, thus slowing the rate of descent so that a safe descent and landing may be made through the air from an airplane, balloon, or other high point. It is commonly used for descending to the ground from a flying airplane, as for military operations (as of airborne troops) or in an emergency, or for sport. In the case of use as a sport, the descent from an airplane by parachute is called sky diving. Some older versions of parachute were more rigid, and were shaped somewhat in the form of an umbrella. 2. (Zool.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister. [ 1913 Webster ] | | parachute | v. i. TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place using a parachute; as, when the plane stalled, he parachuted safely to the ground. [ PJC ]
golden parachute a generous set of financial benefits, including severance pay, provided by contract to a high-level corporate employee in the event s/he is dismissed or his/her job is lost in a corporate takeover or merger; also, the contract providing for such benefits. --
drogue parachute a small parachute that is first released and opened in order to more reliably deploy a larger parachute. Also called drogue. [ PJC ]
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