pilotとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪlət/
• 韻: -aɪlət
• Homophone: Pilate

名詞

pilot (複数形 pilots)

1. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
   • 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     They scud before the wind, and sail in open sea.
     Ahead of all the master pilot steers;
     And, as he leads, the following navy veers.

2. A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
3. A guide book for maritime navigation.
4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
5. (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
6. (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
7. A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
   • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, E. L. Cary and A. Hart, page 43:

     So we mounted our horses, and put out for that town, under the direction of two friendly Creeks we had taken for pilots.

8. Something serving as a test or trial.
   • 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 40:

     “I agreed with my husband when he said that to do the business properly we must do a pilot first.”

   We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.

   1. (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
9. (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
10. (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
    • 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson):

      I think her biggest deal was she starred in a pilot. […] Well, the way they pick TV shows is they make one show. That show's called a pilot. Then they show that one show to the people who pick shows, and on the strength of that one show, they decide if they wanna make more shows.

11. (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
12. (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
13. A pilot light.
14. One who flies a kite.
    • 2003, John P. Glaser, A Father's Collage, page 31:

      Julia has become quite a good kite pilot. She has learned how to repeatedly buzz her father's head, coming within two feet, and not hitting him.

15. A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

派生語

派生した語

形容詞

pilot (not comparable)

1. Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.

   a pilot run of the new factory

   The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.

2. Used to control or activate another device.

   a pilot light

3. Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.

   a pilot vehicle

動詞

pilot (三人称単数 現在形 pilots, 現在分詞 piloting, 過去形および過去分詞形 piloted)

1. (transitive) To control (an aircraft または watercraft).
2. (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
3. (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
4. (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
   • 1962 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Midland Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 279:

     One of the Midland Lines' Birmingham R.C.W. Type 2 diesels, No. D5403, made the debut of its class in the Manchester area on July 28 when it appeared in the early hours on freight; after four days in the area it left for the south piloting B.R./Sulzer Type 4 diesel No. D88 on the 2.25 Manchester Central-St. Pancras.

参照

• “pilot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “pilot”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• potli, ptilo-, topil