| 释义 |
pilot lightˈpilot light noun [countable]   - A pilot light on the tank's control panel conveniently lets you know when the iron is running out of steam.
- A tiny pilot light, if you like, that was necessary to set everything else in motion.
- Still swearing under his breath, Dexter pulled off the cover from the bottom of the boiler and relit the pilot light.
- The blue pilot light glowed behind the window of the central-heating boiler but the pump was switched off.
- The comforting blue flame of the pilot light was dead, blown out by the gusting wind of the night before.
► Gas/Coal/Oilanthracite, nounblack gold, nounblowout, nounboost, nounbunker, nounbutane, nounCalor gas, nounclinker, nouncoal, nouncoal bunker, nouncoalfield, nouncoal gas, nouncoal hole, nouncoalhouse, nounCoalite, coalman, nouncoal mine, nouncoke, nouncolliery, nouncrude, noundrill, verbdrilling platform, nounflue, nounfossil fuel, noungallery, noungas, noungasholder, noungaslight, noungasman, noungas meter, noungasometer, noungasworks, noungusher, nouninternal combustion engine, nounlead-free, adjectivelignite, nounmethane, nounnatural gas, nounoctane, nounoil, nounoil-bearing, adjectiveoilfield, nounoil-fired, adjectiveoilman, nounoil rig, nounoil slick, nounoil tanker, nounoil well, nounOPEC, nounopencast, adjectiveparaffin, nounpilot light, nounpit pony, nounpremium, nounpropane, nounrig, nounroughneck, nounsolid fuel, nounstrike, nounwell, nounwick, nounwildcat, verb a small gas flame that burns all the time and is used for lighting larger gas burners |