单词 | piloting |
释义 | pilotingn. 1. a. Nautical. The action of steering or navigating a ship, esp. through difficult waters; the work of a pilot on a boat or ship. Also attributive in piloting directions. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > guiding, leading, or showing the way lodec1175 leadinga1300 forleadinga1387 teachinga1400 guidingc1425 conveying1483 conducting1517 conduction1541 conduct?c1550 well guiding1577 pilotage1600 deduction?1615 piloting1663 guidership1849 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > pilotage lodemanagec1405 petilodemanage1531 pilotage1577 pilotism1611 pilotship1612 piloting1663 pilotry1744 hovelling1880 mud pilotage1932 1663 J. Heath Chron. Late Intestine War iii. 639 Trump by good piloting made to the Coast aforesaid over those shallows. 1699 J. Collier Def. Short View Eng. Stage 125 Such Piloting must needs discover all the Rocks and Quick-sands in the Voyage! 1716 B. Church Entertaining Passages Philip's War i. 38 By their Piloting, he soon came..to the top of the great Tree which the Enemy had fallen a-cross the River. 1766 J. S. Speer (title) The West India Pilot, containing Piloting Directions for Port Royal Harbour in Jamaica. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxvi. 180 The arrangements for piloting have been much improved of late years. 1882 Daily Miner 2 Sept. 1/4 The growth of the railroads and the outbreak of the Civil War put an end to profitable piloting [on St Louis steamboats]. 1958 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 30 Aug. 5/1 Free instruction in piloting, seamanship, navigation and other important subjects. 1999 Earth Matters Spring 6/2 Poor piloting and inadequate instructions from the Authority resulted in the vessel running aground. b. The action of flying or navigating an aircraft. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > [noun] > action or practice of piloting piloting1911 pilotage1922 1911 Times 22 Mar. 24/6 (advt.) We shall..make use of these biplanes..to enable our people to practise observation and piloting. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 14/1 Aerial navigation, as distinct from piloting with the ground in view, developed tardily everywhere. 1959 Manch. Guardian 6 July 2/4 The hour's piloting round a town that makes up most [driving] lessons. 1991 Sci. Amer. July 77 Hands-off piloting, navigation and landing of aircraft have become a routine part of commercial aviation. 2. Railways. The practice of operating a train with two locomotives at the front. Also in later use: the driving of a train or single locomotive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > operation of railways > other specific operations banking1838 piloting1863 buffering1898 slipping1898 propping1900 1863 Times 9 Jan. 3/5 The pointsman..would not have made this mistake if the little engine commonly employed for piloting had not been replaced by a larger one. 1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 655/2 Piloting, that is the placing of two engines..at the head of a train, is common upon almost all our lines. 1903 Ottumwa (Iowa) Daily Courier 22 Sept. 2/4 Enginemen on..piloting and switching service have all received a comparative increase [in pay]. 1928 Nevada State Jrnl. 28 Oct. 8/5 Skilled as an engineman, he was entrusted with the piloting of many crack trains and special runs. 3. Politics. Guidance of a bill's passage through a legislative assembly. ΚΠ 1892 Times 20 Dec. 10/2 Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues do not care to undertake the piloting of a Home Rule Bill through the House of Commons. 1959 G. P. Gooch Under Six Reigns xi. 143 Lord Crewe, whose skilful piloting of Liberal measures in the chilly atmosphere of the Upper House had brought him rapidly to the front. 1994 S. Chandrasekhar India's Abortion Experience 86 The piloting of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act in India's Parliament. 4. The testing of a scheme, project, etc., on a small scale before its wider introduction. ΚΠ 1969 Times 10 Nov. 9/3 The piloting of the programmes with something of the order of 1,500 children. 1986 J. O'Connor in G. Kurian Parent-child Interaction in Transition xxi. 332 Piloting of the study was extensive and the selection and training of interviewers was rigorous. 2003 Guardian 26 Nov. (Society section) 7/3 The piloting of a satellite system that sends signals to traffic lights when a bus is approaching. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1663 |
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