英语词汇“pilot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

pilotpilot1 /ˈpaɪlət/ ●●● W2 noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYpilot¹

Origin: 1500-1600 French pilote, from Italian pedota, from Greek pedon oar

1someone who operates the controls of an aircraft or spacecraft: an airline pilotpilot of the pilot of the space shuttle2eng. lang. arts a television program that is made in order to test whether people like it and would watch it again in the future: the pilot episode3someone with a special knowledge of a particular area of water, who is employed to guide ships across it: a harbor pilot4pilot program/test/project etc. a test that is done to see if an idea, product, etc. will be successful: a pilot project to produce electric cars [Origin: 1500–1600 French pilote, from Italian pedota, from Greek pedon oar] → see also automatic pilot

noun | verb

pilotpilot2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

pilot

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	pilot
	he, she, it	pilots
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	piloted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have piloted
	he, she, it	has piloted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had piloted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will pilot
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have piloted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am piloting
	he, she, it	is piloting
	you, we, they	are piloting
Past	I, he, she, it	was piloting
	you, we, they	were piloting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been piloting
	he, she, it	has been piloting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been piloting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be piloting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been piloting

1to test a new idea, product, etc. on people to find out whether it will be successful: The new housing program will be piloted in Chicago and Houston.2to guide an aircraft, spacecraft, or ship as its pilot: Who was piloting the plane?3[always + adv./prep.] to help someone to go to a place: pilot somebody toward/through etc. something She swiftly piloted me toward the door.4pilot somebody through something to be responsible for the successful progress of something, especially for making sure that a new law or plan is officially approved: The senator piloted the bill through Congress.