under the weather 不舒服 身体不适

under the weather字面上的意思是在天气之下，实际是表示身体不舒服，人们出海遇到暴风雨天气，很多人就会晕船生病，所以under the weather就是表示不舒服的意思。

She's feeling under the weather these days.

她这几天身体有点不舒服。

I'm feeling a bit under the weather - I think I'm getting a cold.

我觉得有些不舒服，应该是感冒了。

pilot 飞行员

这个单词还有试播集的意思, a television program made to test audience reaction with a view to the production of a series. 这是因为pilot作为形容词本身还有实验性的意思。

I was eight when I told them that I'd be a pilot.

那年我八岁，我告诉他们我要成为一名飞行员。

Whenever a television series makes it to air, it's all due to the pilot episode.

当电视剧得以播出时，这都是由于试播集的表现。

She was the first professional female pilot in Africa, and the first person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic from Britain to North America.

她是非洲第一位职业女飞行员、第一位单人飞跃大西洋的飞行员。

aviator 飞行员

飞行员除了说pilot,还有另一种称法为aviator, 注意开头的字母a发双元音/eɪ/的音。

She was a pioneering aviator.

她是一位先锋飞行员。

Beryl Markham was an English-born Kenyan aviator, in fact, she's one of the first bush pilots.

Beryl Markham 是英国出生的肯尼亚飞行员，事实上，她是最早的丛林飞行员之一。

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