parachuteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpæɹəʃuːt/
• (米国発音, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈpæɹəʃut/
• (米国発音, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada) IPA: /ˈpɛɹəʃut/
• (Scotland) IPA: /ˈpaɹəʃʉt/

名詞

parachute (plural parachutes)

1. (aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.
2. (zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
3. Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
4. (BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
   • 1998, Guillaume Dustan, translated by Brad Rumph, In My Room, London: Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN, page 53:

     Under that there are dildos and butt-plugs arranged by size on two shelves: two fat butt-plugs and four small ones, four two-headed dildos, eight ordinary dildos. Under that, the little material hanging on nails: five different pairs of nipple clamps, some clothespins, a parachute for the balls, a dog collar, two hoods, one in leather, one in latex, six cockrings, in steel or leather, regular or with built-in ball-squeezers, two dick sheaths […]

   • 2012, Peggy Sue, Guide to Female Supremacy, London: Gynarchy International Editions / Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 75:

     Parachutes are usually made of leather and can be purchased through most fetish catalogs or stores catering to the BDSM scene.

   • 2016, John Caesar, Wife Scorned!, Lulu.com, →ISBN:

     She came near and grabbed his balls tightly with her left hand, tugging them downward while applying a parachute harness with her right hand. […] His balls stretched downward under the delicious weight.

   • 2022, Mohamed A. Baky Fahmy, “Scrotum in Human Conscience”, in Mohamed A. Baky Fahmy, editor, Normal and Abnormal Scrotum, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, page 22:

     A parachute is a small collar, usually made from leather, which fastens around the scrotum, and from which weights can be hung.

5. A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.

派生語

動詞

parachute (third-person singular simple present parachutes, present participle parachuting, simple past and past participle parachuted)

1. (intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
   • 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:

     Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.

2. (transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device.

   The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.

3. (transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
4. (slang) To wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when the covering dissolves within the body.

   Synonym: bomb

参考

参照

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “parachute”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.