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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The officer in the control tower was very angry when he heard the news, because the balloons can be a great danger to aircrafts.
  控制塔上的官员得知这一消息后，非常气愤，因为气球有可能给飞机造成很大的危险。
• 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。
• 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。
• The plane buzzed the control tower.
  飞机低低地飞过控制塔。
• 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。
• 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。
• This guy should have stayed in the control tower.
  这家伙真应该继续留在塔台。