noun
1the helm
- a tiller or wheel for steering a ship or boat（船的）舵柄, 舵轮。
1.1
- figurative a position of leadership〈喻〉领导地位：
they are family-run empires whose founders remain at the helm.
它们是家族控制的大企业, 大权仍在创始人手里。
1.2
- Nautical a helmsman【航海】舵手。
with obj.
1- steer (a boat or ship)为（舟, 船）掌舵, 驾驶（舟, 船）。
1.1
- figurative manage the running of〈喻〉掌管, 管理, 经营：
the magazine he helmed in the late eighties.
他在80年代末经营的杂志。
1.2
- chiefly N. Amer. direct (a film)〈主北美〉导演（影片）。
WORD TRENDS
Most of us still think of helm as primarily a nautical word， but according to the Oxford English Corpus the verb is now primarily a cinematic one. The sense 'direct a film'， which dates from 1930， is dominant， with the commonest objects being film and movie. Ship comes in at number three， but is then followed by a long sequence of words such as comedy， remake， adaptation， and thriller.
词源
Old English helma; probably related to HELVE.