Word · Frequency #16220
chute
滑道;斜槽;溜槽
A sloping channel, tube, or trough used to move objects, materials, or water from a higher to a lower level.
- 1.
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
用于让物体从高处滑到低处的框架、槽或管道,或水流过以推动水轮。
- 2.
rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
由充气装置构成的救生装备,用于减缓下坠
- 3.
A waterfall or rapid.
瀑布或急流。
- 4.
sloping channel through which things can descend
倾斜的滑道,物体可沿其下滑
- 5.
A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
限制动物移动的围栏或通道,如装载运输的牲畜;在牛仔竞技表演中释放动物前的围栏。
- 6.
An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.
在直道的主跑道或背跑道上的延伸,以避免比赛起跑时的转弯。
降落伞;瀑布;急流;畜栏;牲畜通道;赛马场直道延长段;用于让物体从高处滑到低处的框架、槽或管道,或水流过以推动水轮。
In use
We dropped the dirty clothes down the laundry chute.
The apartment building has a garbage chute on each floor for trash disposal.
Please put the letters into the mail chute; they will be sorted downstairs.
go down a chute
The children went down the chute at the playground.
孩子们从游乐场的滑梯滑下去。
deploy a chute
chute 在此为 parachute 的简称。
The skydiver deployed the chute at 1,500 meters.
跳伞者在1500米高度打开了伞。
a chute for sth
Connections
Collocations
- garbage chute
- 垃圾滑道
- The garbage chute is blocked again.垃圾滑道又堵住了。
- laundry chute
- 衣物滑槽
- They found the lost towel in the laundry chute.他们在衣物滑槽里找到了丢失的毛巾。
- escape chute
- 逃生滑道
- The passengers used the escape chute to leave the plane quickly.乘客们使用逃生滑道迅速离开飞机。
- cattle chute
- 牲畜通道
- The rancher guided the sick cow into the cattle chute.牧场主把生病的牛赶进牲畜通道。
- coal chute
- 煤滑槽
- The coal chute from the basement opens onto the backyard.地下室的煤滑槽通往后院。
- reserve chute
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象滑道(chute)像滑梯,东西'唰'地滑下;chute 与 shoot 同音,都让人想到快速冲下。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:住宅楼(垃圾或衣物滑道)、工厂/物流(倾斜滑槽)、水利或磨坊(引水滑槽) chute 作“滑道/斜槽”讲时通常属于中性词,多用于日常生活或工程/物流场景;在口语和书面说明中都比较自然,如 garbage chute、coal chute、water chute。
Grammar Note
作为可数名词,指瀑布或斜槽。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词中,shoot、loot、flute、cute、root 的韵母都是 /ut/,与 chute 押韵,其中 shoot 与 chute 同音(/ʃut/)。注意 chute 的 ch 读 /ʃ/,不要照 cheap 的 ch 读成 /tʃ/;minute 虽以 ute 结尾,但读作 /ˈmɪnɪt/,与 chute 完全不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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