pilot

1. N-COUNT A pilot is a person who is trained to fly an aircraft. 飛行員

He spent seventeen years as an airline pilot. 他當了17年的航空公司飛行員。

2. N-COUNT A pilot is a person who steers a ship through a difficult stretch of water, for example, the entrance to a harbour. 領航員

It seemed that the pilot had another ship to take up the river that evening. 似乎該領航員那天晚上還要引領另一艘船沿河而上。

3. V-T If someone pilots an aircraft or ship, they act as its pilot. 駕駛 (飛機); 為 (船只) 領航

He piloted his own plane part of the way to Washington. 他駕駛自己的飛機飛行了去華盛頓的部分路程。

4. ADJ A pilot plan or a pilot project is one that is used to test an idea before deciding whether to introduce it on a larger scale. 試驗性的

The plan is to launch a pilot programme next summer. 計劃是在明年夏天實施一個試驗性方案。

5. V-T If a government or organization pilots a programme or project, they test it, before deciding whether to introduce it on a larger scale. 試行 (計劃或方案)

Teachers are piloting a literature-based reading programme. 老師們正在試開一門以文學為基礎的閱讀課程。