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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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'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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。