| 单词 | cockpit |
| 释义 | cockpit /kok"pit'/, n. 1. a space, usually enclosed, in the forward fuselage of an airplane containing the flying controls, instrument panel, and seats for the pilot and copilot or flight crew. 2. a sunken, open area, generally in the after part of a small vessel, as a yacht, providing space for the pilot, part or all of the crew, or guests. 3. the space, including the seat and instrumentation, surrounding the driver of an automobile. 4. a pit or enclosed place for cockfights. 5. a place where a contest is fought or which has been the scene of many contests or battles. 6. (formerly) a space below the water line in a warship, occupied by the quarters of the junior officers and used as a dressing station for those wounded in action. [1580-90; COCK1 + PIT1] |
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