cockpit
cockpit
noun
noun
- a compartment for the pilot, and sometimes also the crew, in an aircraft or spacecraft
（飞机或航天器的）飞行员座舱（或机组人员座舱）
■a similar compartment for the driver in a racing car
（赛车）驾驶座
■a space for the helmsman in some small yachts
（小型游艇）舵手座 - a place where a battle or other conflict takes place
战场；格斗场所
■a place where cockfights are held
斗鸡场
- late 16th cent. (in sense 2): from cock + pit. In the early 18th cent. the term was in nautical use, denoting an area in the aft lower deck of a man-of-war where the wounded were taken, later coming to mean 'the ‘pit’ or well in a sailing yacht from which it was steered'; hence the place housing the controls of other vehicles. (sense 1, early 20th cent.)
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