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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The plane buzzed the control tower.
  飞机低低地飞过控制塔。
• I've secured access to the control tower and the living quarters.
  我已经确保了控制塔和生活区的进出安全。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。