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pilot/ˈpailət/ n. & v.●n. 1 a person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft (飞机的)驾驶员,飞行员 2 a person qualified to take charge of a ship entering or leaving harbour (船舶的)引航员,领航员 3 (usu. 通常作 attrib.) an experimental undertaking or test, esp. in advance of a larger one 试验性的,试点的 a pilot project 试点工程 4 a guide; a leader 向导,带路人;领导人 5 archaic a steersman [古义]舵手,舵工 ●v. tr. (piloted, piloting) 1 act as a pilot on (a ship) or of (an aircraft) 引领(船舶);驾驶(飞机) 2 conduct, lead, or initiate as a pilot 引导,带领;试行,试用 piloted the new scheme 试行新方案 □ pilotage n.□ pilotless adj.[French pilote via medieval Latin pilotus, pedot(t)a from Greek pēdon ‘oar’, in pl. ‘rudder’] |