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

• 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。
• You can now anchor structures that only require power while the control tower is in reinforced mode.
  现在，只要有足够的能量栅格，你甚至可以在控制塔处于增强模式下锚定建筑。
• One 16-inch shell struck the control tower
  一枚16英寸的炮弹击中了指挥塔台。
• He is still bickering with the control tower over admissible approach routes.
  他还在为可采用的进近航线与指挥塔台争执不下。
• 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。
• They took out the control tower!
  他们拿出了控制塔了！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。