control tower

英 [kənˈtrəʊl taʊə(r)]

美 [kənˈtroʊl taʊər]

n.  (机场的)指挥塔台，控制塔，指挥调度台

牛津词典

noun

• （机场的）指挥塔台，控制塔，指挥调度台
  a building at an airport from which the movements of aircraft are controlled

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (飞机场的)指挥塔台，控制塔，指挥调度员
  Acontrol toweris a building at an airport from which instructions are given to aircraft when they are taking off or landing. You can also refer to the people who work in a control tower as thecontrol tower.
  1. The pilot told the control tower that he'd run into technical trouble.
     飞行员报告机场控制塔他遇到了技术问题。

英英释义

noun

• a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport

双语例句

• They took out the control tower!
  他们拿出了控制塔了！
• Infantrymen ran to secure all access to roads to the airport and to take over New Terminal and the control tower.
  步兵跑去把守所有机场出入道路，占领新航站楼以及控制塔台。
• We could see the lights at the control tower as our plane landed during the night.
  我们的飞机在夜间降落时，可以看见指挥塔台上的灯光。
• A handoff of the aircraft from one control tower to another.
  把飞机由一架控制塔转交给另一架控制塔。
• The officer in the control tower was very angry when he heard the news, because the balloons can be a great danger to aircrafts.
  控制塔上的官员得知这一消息后，非常气愤，因为气球有可能给飞机造成很大的危险。
• It attempted the emergency landing after reporting a technical failure to the control tower without specifying it.
  它向指挥塔报告技术故障，但没讲明，之后试图紧急迫降。
• It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.
  只要控制塔里有人指挥你降落，任何人都能轻而易举地驾驶飞机着陆。
• She was quickly spotted by workers in the air traffic control tower and they rerouted a small plane that had just landed.
  但空中交通指挥塔台的工作人员发现了她，并立刻变更了一架刚着陆的小型飞机的路线。
• Landing: the pilot receives landing clearance from the Local Controller in the airport's control tower to landing on a designated runway.
  落地：飞行员从机场塔台的进场管制员处得到落地许可，操作飞机降落在预订跑道上。
• In1930, the first radio-equipped control tower in the United States began operating at the Cleveland Municipal Airport.
  1930年，美国第一个配备无线电台的塔台在俄亥俄州克利夫兰市地方机场投入使用。