chute

conducto, canaleta

Paso o tubo inclinado por el que bajan objetos o agua desde un lugar más alto.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: slide, channel

Expresiones frecuentes: laundry chute, rubbish chute, water chute

paracaídas

Dispositivo de tela grande que se abre en el aire para frenar la caída de una persona.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: parachute

Expresiones frecuentes: open a chute, reserve chute, chute opens

saltar en paracaídas

Saltar de una aeronave y usar un paracaídas para descender despacio y aterrizar con seguridad.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: chute into something (The soldiers chuted into the valley.); chute from something (They chuted from a transport plane.)

Sinónimos: parachute

Expresiones frecuentes: chute down, chute into something