单词 | pilot |
释义 | pilot /'paibt; 'psilst/ n 1 person trained and licensed to take ships into or out of a harbour, along a river, through a canal, etc. 领港员; 领航员。 drop the ~, (fig) dismiss a trusted adviser. (喻) 开革可靠的顾问; 不听忠吿。 2 person trained to operate the controls of an aircraft. 飞机驾驶员。 P~Officer, lowest commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force, below that of Flying Officer. 英扇皇家空军少尉。 3 (attrib) experimental; used to test how sth on a larger scale will work, how it may be improved, etc: (形容用法) 实验的; 以小规模作试验的: a '~ census/survey/scheme; 实验性的人口函查 (测量,计划); a '~ plant, for a manufacturing process; 小规模实验的工厂; a '~ tunnel. 试验性的虚道。 4 (compounds) (复合字) '~boat n one which takes ~s to ships. 领港船; 运送领航员到船上的小船。 '~-cloth n [U] blue woollen cloth used for overcoats, etc. (U大衣等的) 蓝色呢绒。,~ - engine n railway engine that goes in advance (eg to check for safety), (M 道上作安全检查等而先行的) 清路机车; 前导机车。 '~-fish n small fish which often swims in company with larger fish, eg sharks, or sometimes ships. (常伴随无鱼或船只等游动的) 随类海鱼。 '~-Hght/-burner n small flame in a gas cooker or lamp, kept burning continuously, which lights large burners, etc when the gas is turned on. (煤气炉或灯中之) 点火苗 (为着准备点燃大的灯头而不停地燃着的小火种) 。 vt [VP6A, 15A] act as a ~ to: 领航; 驾驶: ~ ships through the Panama Canal. 引领船只通过巴拿马运河。 |
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