chute(名词):(常指倾斜的)滑槽、溜槽、投放槽,用于让物体(如包裹、垃圾、谷物等)靠重力滑下或被送往某处。也可指跳伞时的降落伞(较口语/简略用法)。
/ʃuːt/
The workers sent the boxes down the chute.
工人把箱子从滑槽里送下去。
After sorting, the parcels slid through a chute into the delivery area, where they were scanned and loaded onto trucks.
分拣后,包裹通过一条滑槽滑入配送区,在那里被扫描并装上卡车。
chute来自法语 chute,本义是“跌落、落下”(源自动词 choir “落下”)。英语中借用后,意义从“落下”引申为“让东西落下的通道/滑槽”,因此常用于工业、仓储、建筑等场景。