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单词 pilot
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pilot

noun
 
/ˈpaɪlət/
/ˈpaɪlət/
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  1.  
     a person who operates the controls of an aircraft, especially as a job
    • an airline pilot
    • a fighter/helicopter pilot
    • The accident was caused by pilot error.
    • The pilot bailed out as the aircraft crashed into the ocean.
    • He has his own plane and a pilot's licence.
    see also automatic pilot, co-pilot, test pilot
    Wordfinder
    • aircraft
    • bomber
    • drone
    • fighter
    • helicopter
    • jet
    • jump jet
    • parachute
    • pilot
    • warplane
    Topics Transport by aira2, Jobsa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • experienced
    • licensed
    • professional
    • …
    pilot + verb
    • fly (something)
    • crash (something)
    • bail out
    • …
    pilot + noun
    • error
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  2. a person with special knowledge of a difficult area of water, for example, the entrance to a harbour, whose job is to guide ships through itTopics Transport by waterc1
  3. a single television programme that is made in order to find out whether people will like it and want to watch further programmesTopics TV, radio and newsc2
  4. (also pilot light)
     a small flame that burns all the time, for example on a gas boiler, and lights a larger flame when the gas is turned on
    5. Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting a person who steers a ship): from French pilote, from medieval Latin pilotus, an alteration of pedota, based on Greek pēdon ‘oar’, (plural) ‘rudder’.

pilot

verb
/ˈpaɪlət/
/ˈpaɪlət/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pilot
/ˈpaɪlət/
/ˈpaɪlət/
he / she / it pilots
/ˈpaɪləts/
/ˈpaɪləts/
past simple piloted
/ˈpaɪlətɪd/
/ˈpaɪlətɪd/
past participle piloted
/ˈpaɪlətɪd/
/ˈpaɪlətɪd/
-ing form piloting
/ˈpaɪlətɪŋ/
/ˈpaɪlətɪŋ/
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  1. pilot something to fly an aircraft or guide a ship; to act as a pilot
    • The plane was piloted by the instructor.
    • The captain piloted the boat into a mooring.
  2. pilot something (through something) to guide somebody/something somewhere, especially through a complicated place or system
    • She piloted a bill on the rights of part-time workers through parliament.
  3. pilot something to test a new product, idea, etc. with a few people or in a small area before it is introduced everywhere
    • Several centres have been asked to pilot the new qualification.
    • The recycling boxes have been successfully piloted in a number of areas.
    • The scheme is already being piloted in Germany.
    4. Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting a person who steers a ship): from French pilote, from medieval Latin pilotus, an alteration of pedota, based on Greek pēdon ‘oar’, (plural) ‘rudder’.

pilot

adjective
/ˈpaɪlət/
/ˈpaɪlət/
[only before noun]
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  1. done on a small scale in order to see if something is successful enough to do on a large scale
    • a pilot project/study/survey
    • a pilot episode (= of a radio or television series)
    Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting a person who steers a ship): from French pilote, from medieval Latin pilotus, an alteration of pedota, based on Greek pēdon ‘oar’, (plural) ‘rudder’.
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