pilot
飞行员,试点,试验,实验
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Definitions
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- : a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- : a person who steers a ship.
- : Aeronautics. a person duly qualified to operate an airplane, balloon, or other aircraft.
- : a guide or leader: the pilot of the expedition.
- : coast pilot.
- : pilot light.
- : Machinery. a guide for centering or otherwise positioning two adjacent parts, often consisting of a projection on one part fitting into a recess in the other.
- : Railroads. cowcatcher.
- : Also called pi·lot film [pahy-luht film], /ˈpaɪ lət ˌfɪlm/, pi·lot tape [pahy-luht teyp] /ˈpaɪ lət ˌteɪp/ .Television. a prototypical filmed or taped feature, produced with hopes of network adoption as a television series and aired to test potential viewer interest and attract sponsors.
- : a preliminary or experimental trial or test: The school will offer a pilot of its new computer course.
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- : to steer.
- : to lead, guide, or conduct, as through unknown places, intricate affairs, etc.
- : to act as pilot on, in, or over.
- : to be in charge of or responsible for: We're looking for someone to pilot the new project.
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- : serving as an experimental or trial undertaking prior to full-scale operation or use: a pilot project.
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Examples
“We’re piloting a new reporting system beginning with security issues,” Google said on Twitter.
The plan was to assume control midflight, when Dymshits would take over from the pilots, who would be deplaned at a stopover.
She wants Montgomery to become a pilot school for outdoor learning.
San Diego’s Environmental Services Department persuades the City Council to expand the pilot program.
In a pilot phase, Dominguez-Bello plans to host a course in Lima, Peru with collaborators from local universities, but the timing is uncertain due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Air Force has about seven pilots for every eight drone pilot slots, in other words.
Investigators will focus on whether the sudden emergency was so extreme that no degree of pilot skill would have helped.
At such a moment, the pilot has no resources other than his own instincts and experience.
By 2011, Airbus was working on a program to replicate these conditions in a flight simulator for use in pilot training.
The “pilot flying” was more probably the far less experienced copilot.
The tall, lean youngster wore a junior pilot's bands on the sleeves of his blue uniform.
The Dimbula picked up her pilot and came in covered with salt and red rust.
These men seem to have later joined the pilot, as he had 14 men when he encountered La Saussaye.
Since the examination of this harbour, a penal settlement has been formed, and a pilot appointed to conduct vessels in and out.
Nevertheless those on board of her did not feel much uneasiness, because a good pilot had been secured in the channel.