English Dictionary

control tower

noun

(aviation) An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.

The control tower at the airport provides guidance to pilots during takeoff and landing.

意味（1）

(aviation) An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.

As he taxied out to the far side of the field, 38-year-old Captain Benton R. (Lucky) Baldwin was cleared for takeoff. The control tower gave him his choice of two runways—No. 13 or No. 18.

意味（2）

An enclosed, raised structure occupied by one or more persons who operate or exercise control over railway traffic, ship movement, a racetrack, machinery, etc.

Ned Newton stood beside Tom in the control tower of the great tank as she started on her homeward way.