| 单词 | control centre |
| 释义 | > as lemmascontrol centre control centre n. a place from which an organization, activity, mechanism, system, etc., is centrally monitored, regulated, and directed, or in which operational devices and controls are housed.In quot. 1896 with reference to nerve centres. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > direction > place from which operation is directed brain1806 brain-box1876 control room1885 control centre1896 cockpit1936 control1958 1896 Trans. Minnesota State Med. Soc. 202 Hysteria is..a disturbance of those nerve-centres which preside over the imagination and the will—of the control centres, as it were, and particularly those which regulate vaso-motor function. 1920 Radio Amateur News June 682/3 A more serious use for the radio controlled bus would be one whereby it is..employed to deliver mail in rural districts... The starting and stopping as well as the systematic dropping of mail sacks could be accurately timed from a control center. 1941 Sun (Baltimore) 19 Dec. 14/7 Directors of civilian defense air-raid control centers will alone be responsible for..alerting..their..districts. 1960 Aviation Week 14 Nov. 27/3 Under Army plans, Zeus control centers are to be scattered across the country, with each center controlling a number of missile batteries. 1983 Chem. Week 24 Aug. 22/3 The key to high purity..is a computerized control center. 2005 Independent 6 June 5/4 A member of the train staff sits at the front of the ‘Transrapid’, but that is simply to reassure passengers, officials say, since the train is operated from a control centre. < as lemmas |
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