cockpit
part of speech
noun (a cockpit, cockpits)
meaning for a pupil
1) The front part of an aeroplane, where the pilot sits and flies it. tree →
2) The small space where the driver sits in a racing car, or the steering area of a small boat or spaceship. tree →
3) (old) A pit or ring where cockfights were held. tree →
sense in the lessons
In technology and transport lessons the cockpit is full of controls and screens; on airliners the pilot and co-pilot sit there and the door is locked for safety. In stories set in planes, racing cars or spaceships, the cockpit is where the action is. Phrases: in the cockpit, cockpit door, cockpit controls.
examples
- The pilot waved from the cockpit. tree →
- We were allowed to visit the cockpit after landing. tree →
- The racing driver climbed into the cockpit. tree →
- The cockpit had hundreds of buttons and switches. tree →
- The astronaut checked the controls in the cockpit. tree →
- The cockpit door is locked during the flight. tree →
note
Countable: a cockpit, cockpits. One word. The word "cock" here is an old word for a rooster (from cockfighting pits); it is not rude. Similar: flight deck (on large airliners).
In the corpora
- Think of a pilot in a flight simulator: the cockpit is a model, but the skill is real.
- Children may sometimes visit a plane's cockpit, but only trained pilots fly the plane.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cockpit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.