pilot

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noun

Plural noun:

pilotspylotepylot

1.
A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
2.
A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
3.
A guide book for maritime navigation.
4.
An instrument for detecting the compass error.
5.
(Australia, informal)(Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
6.
(Australia)(Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
7.
A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
So we mounted our horses, and put out for that town, under the direction of two friendly Creeks we had taken for pilots.
8.
Something serving as a test or trial.
We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.
9.
(attributive, often)(telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
10.
(aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
11.
(television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
12.
(rail transport) A cowcatcher.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

pylote

Superlative

pylot

1.
(not comparable)Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
a pilot run of the new factory
The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
2.
(not comparable)Used to control or activate another device.
a pilot light
3.
(not comparable)Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle or combination.
a pilot vehicle

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

pilots

V_ing/Gerund

piloting

V_ed/pp

pilotedpylote

1.
(transitive)To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
2.
(transitive)To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
3.
(transitive)To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
4.
(rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
5.
(transitive)To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (to sail, navigate)); ultimately from unattested *πηδώτης (helmsman), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (blade of an oar, oar), hence also Ancient and Modern Greek πηδάλιον (rudder).