cockpit
/ˈkɒkpɪt/noun
1
- a compartment for the pilot, and sometimes also the crew, in an aircraft or spacecraft（飞机或航天器的）飞行员座舱（或机组人员座舱）。
1.1
- a similar compartment for the driver in a racing car（赛车）驾驶座。
1.2
- a space for the helmsman in some small yachts（小型游艇）舵手座。
2
- a place where a battle or other conflict takes place战场; 格斗场所。
2.1
- a place where cockfights are held斗鸡场。
词源
late 16th cent. (in sense 2)： from COCK1 + PIT1. In the early 18th cent. the term was in nautical use, denoting an area in the aft lower deck of a man-of-war where the wounded were taken, later coming to mean 'the 'pit' or well in a sailing yacht from which it was steered'; hence the place housing the controls of other vehicles （sense 1, early 20th cent.）.