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.
实用例句
1. You can release the chute with either hand, but it is easier to do it with the left.
你随便哪只手都能打开降落伞，不过用左手容易些。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I discovered that people accept a lot of pain if everybody's going through the chute together.
我发现,只要能做到同甘共苦,人们便能承受很大的痛苦.
来自辞典例句
3. People accept a lot of pain if everybody's going through the chute together.
只要能做到同甘共苦,人们便能承受很大的痛苦.
来自辞典例句
4. Could you count to 100, then drop this can all the way down the chute?
你能数到100然后把这袋子丢下去 吗 ?
来自电影对白
5. Don't you know that we have a laundry chute in the house?