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

• 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。
• 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。
• Because air traffic control was asleep on duty, ( the plane) called many times, civil aviation authorities said in a statement, but there was no reply, and no contact could be made with the control tower.
  民航管理局在声明中指出，因塔台管制员在岗位上睡着，多次呼叫无人应答，未能与塔台建立联系。
• The pilot tried to make contact with the airport's air traffic control tower, but was unable to do so for a period of 12 minutes.
  飞行员试图联系机场航空管制塔台，但12分钟内无人回应。
• Even in thick fog the officers in the control tower at the airport can see his aircraft.
  即使在浓雾里，机场控制塔的指挥员也能看到他的飞机。
• One 16-inch shell struck the control tower
  一枚16英寸的炮弹击中了指挥塔台。
• I couldn't get my plane out of Argentina due to the control tower problem, so I phoned everyone I knew to see if they could help.
  由于控制塔台的问题我的飞机也被滞留在阿根廷，所以我骚扰了所有我认识的人求他们帮帮我。
• 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。
• By this time, officials in the Brussels control tower could tell that something was very wrong.
  这时候，布鲁塞尔控制塔的官员们知道大事不妙了。
• 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。