🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

驾驶舱

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jià shǐ cāng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flight deck/ˈflaɪt.dɛk/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"机长已经进入了飞机的驾驶舱。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The area of an aircraft carrier from which aircraft take off and land.

    "The jet engines roared as the fighter jets prepared for launch on the flight deck."
  2. 2

    The cockpit of a large commercial aircraft where the pilot and co-pilot sit.

    "The captain welcomed the passengers from the flight deck before takeoff."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'flight', originating from Old English 'flyht' meaning the action of flying, and 'deck', derived from Middle Dutch 'decke' meaning a covering or platform on a ship. Originally used in naval terminology to describe the upper deck of an aircraft carrier from which aircraft take off and land, its usage expanded in aviation to refer to the cockpit of a commercial aircraft.

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