chute

noun

/ʃuːt/

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a tube or passage down which people or things can slide
- a water chute (= at a swimming pool)
- a laundry/rubbish/garbage chute (= from the upper floors of a high building)
Homophones chute | shoot
chute shoot
/ʃuːt/

/ʃuːt/
- chute noun
  The laundry chute leads down to the washer-dryer area in the basement.
- shoot verb
  The recruits are learning to shoot at targets.
- shoot noun
  She posed for the cameras as though for a fashion shoot.
Extra Examples
- He tossed the discarded wrapping down the chute.
- The rubbish goes down the chute into a large bin.
- a swimming pool with a long water chute
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- garbage
- laundry
- rubbish
- …
preposition
- down a/the chute
See full entry
(informal) a parachute (= a device that is attached to people or objects to make them fall slowly and safely when they are dropped from an aircraft. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth that opens out in the air.)

Word Originsense 1 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.sense 2 1920s: shortened form.

单词	chute
释义	chute noun /ʃuːt/ /ʃuːt/ jump to other results a tube or passage down which people or things can slide a water chute (= at a swimming pool) a laundry/rubbish/garbage chute (= from the upper floors of a high building) Homophones chute \| shootchute shoot /ʃuːt/ /ʃuːt/ chute noun The laundry chute leads down to the washer-dryer area in the basement. shoot verb The recruits are learning to shoot at targets. shoot noun She posed for the cameras as though for a fashion shoot. Extra Examples He tossed the discarded wrapping down the chute. The rubbish goes down the chute into a large bin. a swimming pool with a long water chute Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective garbage laundry rubbish … preposition down a/the chute See full entry (informal) a parachute (= a device that is attached to people or objects to make them fall slowly and safely when they are dropped from an aircraft. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth that opens out in the air.) Word Originsense 1 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.sense 2 1920s: shortened form.
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