pilot

pilot
noun
  1. a person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft
    飞行员，驾驶员，机师
    ■a person with expert local knowledge qualified to take charge of a ship entering or leaving a harbour; a steersman
    引航员，领航员，引水员；舵手，舵工
    ■a navigational handbook for use at sea
    航海手册
    ■(informal)a jockey
    (非正式)职业骑师
    ■(archaic)a guide or leader
    (古)向导；领导
    ■[often as modifier](Telecommunications)an unmodulated reference signal transmitted with another signal for the purposes of control or synchronization
    (电信)控制引导信号；同步引导信号
  2. a television programme made to test audience reaction with a view to the production of a series
    试播节目
  3. another term for cowcatcher
    同 cowcatcher
adjective
adjective
  1. [attrib.]done as an experiment or test before introducing something more widely
    试验性的；试点性的；小规模的
    a pilot scheme for training workers.
    培训工人的试验性计划。
(piloted, piloting)
[with obj.]
  1. act as a pilot of (an aircraft or ship)
    驾驶；为…引航，为…领航；为…操舵
    ■[with obj. and adverbial of direction]guide; steer
    带领，指引，领导，使顺利通过
    the task of piloting the economy out of recession.
    使经济走出萧条的任务。
  2. test (a scheme, project, etc.) before introducing it more widely
    （推广前）对…做试点
派生
pilotage
noun
pilotless
adjective
语源
  1. early 16th cent. (denoting a person who steers a ship): from French pilote, from medieval Latin pilotus, an alteration of pedota, based on Greek pēdon 'oar', (plural) 'rudder'
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