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

• He contacted the control tower by radio.
  他用无线电与指挥塔取得了联系。
• 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。
• 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。
• TWR to Cabin: Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I'm ur air traffic controller speaking to u from the control tower here at Vancouver airport.
  晚上好，女士们先生们，我是你们的管制员，在温哥华机场塔台与你们通话。
• 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。
• One 16-inch shell struck the control tower
  一枚16英寸的炮弹击中了指挥塔台。
• Swaziland's International Airport has no working control tower or radar system, and lighting for nighttime landings is so poor that pilots are forced to fly by memory, the government has been told.
  斯威士兰政府获悉，该国国际机场的指挥塔和雷达系统都已失灵，夜间降落的照明条件也很差，使得飞行员只能凭记忆飞行。
• 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。
• 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。
• They took out the control tower!
  他们拿出了控制塔了！