Pilot

['paɪlət]

解释:

(noun.) someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.

(noun.) a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor.

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解释:

(n.) One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

(n.) Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.

(n.) Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.

(n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.

(n.) The cowcatcher of a locomotive.

(v. t.) To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.

(v. t.) Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.

阿伦编辑

同义词及近义词：

n. Steersman, guide, conductor.

v. a. Guide, direct, conduct, steer, have or take the direction of.

哈利整理

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Steer, guide, direct, conduct, lead, convoy, escort,[See CONDUCT]

整理:米歇尔

解释:

n. the steersman of a ship: one who conducts ships in and out of a harbour along a dangerous coast &c.: a guide.—v.t. to conduct as a pilot: to direct through dangerous places.—ns. Pī′lotage the skill of a pilot: the act of piloting: the fee or wages of pilots; Pī′lot-boat a boat used by pilots for meeting or leaving ships; Pī′lot-cloth a coarse stout kind of cloth for overcoats; Pī′lot-en′gine a locomotive engine sent on before a train to clear its way as a pilot; Pī′lot-fish a fish of the mackerel family so called from its having been supposed to guide sharks to their prey; Pī′lot-flag the flag hoisted at the fore by a vessel needing a pilot; Pī′lot-house an enclosed place on deck to shelter the steering-gear and the pilot—also Wheel-house; Pī′lot-jack′et a pea-jacket worn by seamen; Pī′lot-whale the caaing-whale (q.v.).

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