🇬🇧🇨🇳 cockpit - 座舱 : English Lesson

Meaning of "cockpit" ("座舱"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A cockpit is the special little room at the front of an airplane, or the seat area in a racing car, where the person who drives or flies sits. In the cockpit, the pilot or driver has all the buttons, screens, pedals, and steering controls they need to make the plane or car go, turn, speed up, slow down, and stay safe. It’s like a super-important control room just for the person in charge of the vehicle.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The driver sat in the cockpit, tightened the seat belt, and whispered, “Please don’t let me press the windshield-washer instead of the brake again.”

There were so many switches in the cockpit that the co-pilot needed a map just to find the light switch.

The cockpit was full of fancy screens, and my little brother asked, “Which one plays cartoons?”

I peeked into the cockpit and saw more buttons than my grandpa has on his remote control, which is saying a lot.

In real airplanes, the cockpit is also called the flight deck, and it’s packed with hundreds of controls—way more buttons than any video game controller could ever dream of.

He slid into the cockpit, heart loud in his chest. The cockpit smelled of old leather and oil. Fingers found the controls in the narrow cockpit, eyes on the runway. Wind pressed at the cockpit glass as engines woke. When the plane rose, he laughed, hands steady in the cockpit and fear fell away.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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