pilot
n
1 person who operates the controls of an aircraft (飛行器的)駕駛員; 飛行員.
2 person with special knowledge of a canal, the entrance to a harbour, etc who is licensed to guide ships through them (船舶的)領航員, 領港員.
3 person or thing acting as a guide 作向導的人或事物. pilot, adj [attrib 作定語]
done as an experiment, esp on a small scale, to test sth before it is introduced on a large scale 試驗性的; 試點的
a `pilot project, study, survey, etc 試驗性工程、 研究、 勘察等
a pilot edition of a new language course 新語言教程的試用版
a pilot scheme to vaccinate children against German measles 為兒童接種抗風疹疫苗的試驗計畫. pilot, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (through sth)
(a) act as a pilot of sth 駕駛(飛行器); (為船)引航: pilot a plane 駕駛飛機
pilot a ship through the Panama Canal 引領一船通過巴拿馬運河.
(b) guide sb/sth 帶領、 指引或引導某人[某事物]
pilot sb through a crowd 帶領某人穿過人群.
(c) (in Parliament) make sure that sth (esp a bill) is successful (在議會中)使(尤指法案)順利通過
pilot a bill through the House 使法案在議會中獲得通過.
2 [Tn] test (sth) by means of a pilot scheme 試行, 試用(某事物)
Schools in this area are piloting the new maths course. 這一帶的學校正試用新的數學教程.