| 词汇 | chute |
| 词源 | chute [E18th] The word chute ‘sloping channel’ was at first a North American usage of a French word originally meaning ‘fall’ (referring to water or rocks) from Latin cadere ‘to fall’. The word in English has been influenced by shoot. |
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