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单词 pilot cloths
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pilot /pīˈlət/

noun
  1. A person who operates the controls of an aircraft, hovercraft, spacecraft, etc
  2. Someone who is qualified to act as pilot
  3. A person who conducts ships in and out of a harbour, along a dangerous coast, etc
  4. A steersman (archaic)
  5. A guide
  6. A cowcatcher (US)
  7. A pilot film or broadcast
adjective
  1. Relating to pilot(s)
  2. Acting as guide or control
  3. Trial (of eg a model on a smaller scale) serving to test the qualities or future possibilities of a machine, plant, etc, or (of a film or broadcast) to test public reaction so as to assess the probable popularity of a proposed radio or television series
transitive verb

To act as pilot to

ORIGIN: Fr pilote, from Ital pilota, appar for earlier pedota, which may be from Gr pēdon oar, in pl, rudder

pīˈlotage noun

  1. Piloting
  2. A pilot's fee

pīˈlotless adjective

  1. Without a pilot
  2. (of an automatic aeroplane) not requiring a pilot

pilot balloon noun

A small balloon sent up to find how the wind blows

piˈlot-boat noun

A boat used by pilots on duty

pilot burner, pilot jet or pilot light noun

A small gas-burner kept alight to light another (see also pilot lamp below)

pilot cloth noun

A coarse, stout cloth for overcoats

pilot engine noun

A locomotive sent before a train to clear its way, as a pilot

pilot fish noun

A carangoid fish that accompanies ships and sharks

pilot flag or pilot jack noun

The flag hoisted at the fore by a vessel needing a pilot

pilot house noun

A shelter for steering-gear and pilot (also called wheelhouse)

pilot jacket noun

A pea jacket

pilot lamp or pilot light noun

A small electric light to show when current is on, or for some other purpose

piˈlotman noun

A railway employee assigned to guide trains across a section of single-track line

pilot officer noun

(in the Royal Air Force) an officer ranking with an army second lieutenant

piˈlot-plant noun

Prototype machinery set up to begin a new process

pilot project or pilot scheme noun

A scheme serving as a guide on a small scale to a full-scale scheme

pilot whale noun

Any of several types of whale of the Globicephala genus, family Delphinidae

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