a sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level 斜道;滑运道 ■a water slide into a swimming pool (注入泳池的)水流
语源
early 19th cent. (originally a North American usage): from French, fall' (of water or rocks), from Old French cheoite, feminine past participle of cheoir 'to fall', from Latin cadere; influenced by shoot
chute2 noun
(informal)a parachute (非正式)降落伞 ■(Sailing). informal term for spinnaker (航海 非正式)。 同 spinnaker