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Pilot Controls Ship N French Italian Greek Pailət

单词 pilot
音标 ['pailət]
解释 n.飞行员;领航员;领导人
红宝书 【英】 飞行员,宇航员(a person who controls an aircraft)驾驶,领航(act as pilot of an aircraft)
【考】 pilot : ship / conductor : orchestra(领航员引导船/指挥 引导管弦乐队)
字源 pilot (n.)
1510s, "one who steers a ship," from Middle French pillote (16c.), from Italian piloto, supposed to be an alteration of Old Italian pedoto, which usually is said to be from Medieval Greek *pedotes "rudder, helmsman," from Greek pedon "steering oar," related to pous (genitive podos) "foot" (see foot (n.)). Change of -d- to -l- in Latin ("Sabine -l-") parallels that in odor/olfactory; see lachrymose.
Sense extended 1848 to "one who controls a balloon," and 1907 to "one who flies an airplane." As an adjective, 1788 as "pertaining to a pilot;" from 1928 as "serving as a prototype." Thus the noun pilot meaning "pilot episode" (etc.), attested from 1962. Pilot light is from 1890.
pilot (v.)
1640s, "to guide, lead;" 1690s, "to conduct as a pilot," from pilot (n.) or from French piloter. Related: Piloted; piloting.
不择手段背单词 n. 飞行员; 领航员(引导轮船进出港或通过危险水域的人)
【记】pi屁股, lot大: 因为天天开飞机, 是久坐的人(sedentary), 所以屁股大-飞行员, 领航员.
【类】pilot: ship = conductor: orchestra领航员引导船 = 指挥引导管弦乐队
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