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 plane buzzed the control tower.
  飞机低低地飞过控制塔。
• They took out the control tower!
  他们拿出了控制塔了！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。