cockpit
Word family adjectivecockedcock-a-hoopcockamamiecockeyedcocksurenouncockercockerelcockinesscock-a-doodle-doocockalorumcockchafercocked hatcocker spanielcockeyecockfightcockhorsecockieleekiecocklairdcockloftcockmatchcockpitcocksfootcockshotcockshutcockshycockspurcocksuckercocksurenesscockteasercockthrowingcockadverbcockilycocksurely
Water, Motor vehicles, Other sports
cock·pit /ˈkɒkˌpɪt $ ˈkɑːk-/ noun [countableC] 1. 
TTWTTCthe area in a plane, small boat, or racing car where the pilot or driver sits 〔飞机的〕驾驶舱；〔小船的〕舵手座；〔赛车的〕驾驶座 →5 see picture at 见图 plane1
TTWTTCthe area in a plane, small boat, or racing car where the pilot or driver sits 〔飞机的〕驾驶舱；〔小船的〕舵手座；〔赛车的〕驾驶座 →5 see picture at 见图 plane1
2. DSOa small enclosed area where cock fights took place in the past 斗鸡场Examples from the Corpus
cockpit• The two pilots sat side-by-side in an enclosed cockpit, with a gangway between the seats and full dual control provided.• Authorities have said the plane was overloaded and that Reid was apparently at the cockpit controls.• We spent an hour each day in the cockpit and three or four hours in the bleachers watching our classmates.• Not long before the race started, a fuel leak developed in the cockpit.• He shouted at the men in the cockpit to make fast the rope that led to his neck.• I was pinned in the cockpit in freezing temperatures for three days, unable to move.• Later that afternoon Joe came back to the cockpit, looking worried.