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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 couldn't get my plane out of Argentina due to the control tower problem, so I phoned everyone I knew to see if they could help.
  由于控制塔台的问题我的飞机也被滞留在阿根廷，所以我骚扰了所有我认识的人求他们帮帮我。
• 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。