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单词 pilot boat
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pilot boatn.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪlət bəʊt/, U.S. /ˈpaɪlət ˌboʊt/
Forms: see pilot n. and boat n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pilot n., boat n.1
Etymology: < pilot n. + boat n.1
A boat used by a pilot to meet incoming vessels; a boat of the type used by pilots.
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1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 14 Like to our little pilot boats.
1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations I. 233 We departed from Martauan in barkes, which are like to our Pylot boates.
1710 London Gaz. No. 4682/3 He came not to Anchor, only spoke with a Pilot-Boat.
1742 De Foe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) II. 13 The Warp-house, Light-house, Pilot-boats, and Taw-boats belonging to the Port.
1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. xiv. 217 A..note sent on shore by a pilot-boat.
1882 Cent. Mag. June 175/2 A pilot-boat loomed up alongside out of the darkness, and a bluff, hearty British pilot sprang aboard.
1904 J. London Sea-wolf iii. 31 The pilot-boat plunged past.
1990 Lifeboat (RNLI) Summer 271/2 The pilot boat/tug Knab had a line to the casualty's stern and was trying to pull her off the rock.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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