cockpit

cockpit, poste de pilotage

Partie d’un avion ou d’un vaisseau spatial où le pilote s’assoit et commande l’appareil.

En anglais simple : The part of an aircraft or spacecraft where the pilot sits and controls it.

• The pilot entered the cockpit.
• A warning light flashed on the cockpit panel.
• Can passengers see inside the cockpit?

Synonymes : flight deck

Expressions courantes : cockpit controls, cockpit door, in the cockpit

arène de combats de coqs

Petit espace clos où l’on fait combattre des coqs.

En anglais simple : A small enclosed area where male chickens are made to fight.

• Spectators crowded around the cockpit.
• Two fighting birds were brought into the cockpit.
• The old cockpit stood behind the inn.

Synonymes : cockfighting pit

Expressions courantes : crowded cockpit, cockpit arena, enter the cockpit