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

• 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。
• But we just sat on the runway due to a problem in the control tower.
  但其实我们也就是呆在跑道上，因为控制塔台出问题了。
• 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。
• 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。
• They took out the control tower!
  他们拿出了控制塔了！
• 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。
• Control tower: a tower at an airfield from which air traffic is controlled by radio and observed physically and by radar.
  指挥塔台：可在其中用无线电指挥空中交通并可用肉眼或雷达观察空中交通的机场指挥塔台。
• 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。
• Federal officials are looking at data from flight recorders, the control tower and evidence from the crash scene.
  联邦官员正在研究飞行数据记录器，控制塔和飞机坠毁现场的证据。
• 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。