• n. 瀑布；斜槽；降落傘；陡坡道
• n. (Chute)人名；(法)許特；(英、西)丘特

來自詞根cad, 滑，掉落，詞源同case, accident.

chute (n.1)

1725, American English, "fall of water" (earlier shoot, 1610s), from French chute "fall," from Old French cheoite "a fall," fem. past participle of cheoir "to fall," from Latin cadere (see case (n.1)). Meaning "inclined tube, trough" is from 1804; that of "narrow passage for cattle, etc." first recorded 1881. In North America, absorbing some senses of similar-sounding shoot (n.1).

chute (n.2)

short for parachute (n.), attested from 1920.

1. You can release the chute with either hand, but it is easier to do it with the left.

你隨便哪只手都能打開降落傘，不過用左手容易些。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I discovered that people accept a lot of pain if everybody's going through the chute together.

我發(fā)現(xiàn),只要能做到同甘共苦,人們便能承受很大的痛苦.

來自辭典例句

3. People accept a lot of pain if everybody's going through the chute together.

只要能做到同甘共苦,人們便能承受很大的痛苦.

來自辭典例句

4. Could you count to 100, then drop this can all the way down the chute?

你能數(shù)到100然后把這袋子丟下去 嗎 ?

來自電影對白

5. Don't you know that we have a laundry chute in the house?

難不成你不知道我們屋內(nèi)有衣物滑落槽?

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)