| 词汇 | lightning pilot |
| 词源 | lightning pilot. A pilot on the Mississippi River in the 19th century who was lightning quick, who got all the speed possi- ble from his ship, was called a lightning pilot. The term was used by Mark Twain and many other contemporary writers. |
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