| 单词 | control tower |
| 释义 | > as lemmascontrol tower control tower n. an elevated structure from which a certain operation is controlled; spec. an elevated building at an airport or airfield from which aircraft and other traffic are controlled by radio, etc.; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > regulation and control of flying > [noun] > system using radio or radar > control tower control tower1909 tower1958 1909 Engin. Rec. 24 July 105 (caption) The central control tower of the quarry trackage system. 1920 Flight 21 Oct. 1102/2 The new lights consist of electric lamps..automatically controlled from the Central Control Tower. 1939 Archit. Rev. 85 91 The control tower floor rises to a height of 14 metres. 1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media vii. 65 The artist tends now to move from the ivory tower to the control tower of society. 1989 P. Mayle Year in Provence (1990) 166 He climbed into the control tower of his bulldozer and drove off at a stately fifteen miles an hour. 2009 D. Brown Fogue Forces (2010) 51 The convoy escorted the plane to a large aircraft shelter north of the control tower. < as lemmas |
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