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cockpit

/ˈkɒkpɪt/noun

उच्चारण कॉक्पिट

(विमान का) कॉकपिट, चालक-कक्ष

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as one-word substitution

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noun
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    the area in a plane, boat or racing car where the pilot or driver sits

    (विमान का) कॉकपिट, चालक-कक्ष

    • The pilot entered the cockpit.
    • A small red light flashed in the cockpit.
    • The pilots checked the instruments in the cockpit.
    + 2 more examples
    • Passengers are not allowed to enter the cockpit during the flight.
    • The driver sat low in the cockpit of the racing car.

    Synonyms flight deck cabin driver's seat control room

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

in the cockpit

Use in the cockpit for the pilot's compartment of a plane, boat or racing car.

विमान, नाव या रेसिंग कार के चालक के कक्ष के लिए 'in the cockpit' आता है।

  • The captain was alone in the cockpit.
  • Two pilots sat in the cockpit during the take-off.

cockpit + noun (door, crew, voice recorder)

As a modifier, cockpit describes things linked to the pilots' area.

Modifier के रूप में 'cockpit' पायलटों के कक्ष से जुड़ी चीज़ों का वर्णन करता है।

  • Investigators found the cockpit voice recorder after the crash.

cockpit of sth (figurative)

In a figurative sense, a cockpit is a place where a fierce struggle takes place.

आलंकारिक अर्थ में 'cockpit' वह स्थान है जहाँ तीव्र संघर्ष चलता है।

  • The border region was a cockpit of war for centuries.

cockpit (spelling)

It is one word with no hyphen, written as cockpit; cock is not a separate word here.

यह बिना hyphen का एक शब्द 'cockpit' है; यहाँ 'cock' अलग शब्द नहीं है।

  • Radhika dreamt of sitting in the cockpit of a fighter jet.
+Collocations 4

adjective + cockpit

glassnarrowopenpilot'sdarkened

  • A glass cockpit uses screens instead of dials.

verb + cockpit

enterleavesit inlockfly from

  • The pilot locked the cockpit door during the flight.

cockpit + noun

crewdoorwindowdisplayinstruments

  • The cockpit crew welcomed the passengers.

noun + cockpit

aircraftjethelicopterracing car

  • He sat in the helicopter cockpit and checked the dials.
“More examples 5
  • Passengers could hear the pilot's voice from the cockpit.

यात्री कॉकपिट से पायलट की आवाज़ सुन सकते थे।

  • Students were invited to see the cockpit of the new aeroplane.

विद्यार्थियों को नए हवाई जहाज़ का कॉकपिट देखने के लिए बुलाया गया।

  • The cockpit was full of dials, switches and blinking lights.

कॉकपिट डायलों, स्विचों और टिमटिमाती बत्तियों से भरा था।

  • The racing driver climbed into the cockpit and tightened his belt.

रेसिंग ड्राइवर कॉकपिट में चढ़ा और उसने अपनी बेल्ट कस ली।

  • The country has been a cockpit of political struggle for decades.

वह देश दशकों से राजनीतिक संघर्ष का अखाड़ा रहा है।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ The pilot is sitting inside the cock pit.

✓ The pilot is sitting inside the cockpit.

Cockpit is written as one word.

'Cockpit' एक ही शब्द के रूप में लिखा जाता है।

✗ The pilot sat in the cockpit and fly the plane.

✓ The pilot sat in the cockpit and flew the plane.

Both verbs joined by and must be in the same past tense.

and से जुड़े दोनों verbs एक ही past tense में होने चाहिए।

✗ The captain was sitting at the cockpit.

✓ The captain was sitting in the cockpit.

A person inside an enclosed compartment is in it, not at it.

बंद कक्ष के भीतर बैठे व्यक्ति के लिए 'in' आता है, 'at' नहीं।

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

flight deck cabin driver's seat control room

AaSpelling

cock·pit

?Which word?

Keep apart cockpit (in a plane) and deck (a floor of a ship).

Cockpit (विमान में) और deck (जहाज़ की मंज़िल) को अलग रखिए।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

The area where passengers sit in a plane is the cabin; the person who flies a plane the pilot; the second pilot the co-pilot; staff who look after passengers cabin crew; the recorder that stores cockpit conversations the black box (actually orange).

विमान में यात्रियों के बैठने की जगह cabin; विमान उड़ाने वाला pilot; दूसरा पायलट co-pilot; यात्रियों की देखभाल करने वाले कर्मचारी cabin crew; कॉकपिट की बातचीत रिकॉर्ड करने वाला उपकरण black box (वास्तव में नारंगी)।