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pilotage

/pahy-luh-tij/US // ˈpaɪ lə tɪdʒ //UK // (ˈpaɪlətɪdʒ) //

领航,领港,引航,领航员

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : act, occupation, or skill of piloting.
    • : the fee paid to a pilot for his or her services.
    • : pilot station.
    • : the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.

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Examples

  • Under his pilotage they anchored on the first of November close to the Isthmus of Darien.

  • Without the pilotage of principle, they know not what course to take, and are every moment in danger of a fatal wreck.

  • In such a time Burke endeavoured to show by what pilotage he would have men weather the storm.

  • It's absolutely made for shallow war-boats under skilled pilotage.

  • It was nervous work for a ship-master to carry his vessel on a coast, under such pilotage as this.