[N-COUNT 可数名词]隧道;地道 A tunnel is a long passage which has been made under the ground, usually through a hill or under the sea.
[oft supp N]
...two new railway tunnels through the Alps.
穿过阿尔卑斯山的两条新的铁路隧道
…the motorway tunnels under the Hudson river.
哈得孙河下的高速公路隧道
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[VERB 动词]挖隧道;挖地道 To tunnel somewhere means to make a tunnel there.
[V prep/adv]
[Also V]
The rebels tunnelled out of a maximum security jail...
叛乱者挖地道逃离了戒备最为森严的监狱。
The caterpillars tunnel into the fruit to grow and mature.
毛虫钻入果实,并在其中生长为成虫。
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See also:
wind tunnel
; light at the end of the tunnel→see:
light
;
Oxford
tun·nel★/ˈtʌnl; NAmEˈtʌnl/
noun
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verb
tunneltunnelstunnelledtunneledtunnellingtunnelingnoun★1★a passage built underground, for example to allow a road or railway/railroad to go through a hill, under a river, etc. 地下通道;地道;隧道◆a railway/railroad tunnel铁路隧道◆the Channel Tunnel英吉利海峡隧道☞see also
wind tunnel
2an underground passage made by an animal (动物的)洞穴通道IDIOMsee
light
n.verb(-ll-,NAmE also-l-)[intransitive , transitive ]to dig a tunnel under or through the ground 开凿隧道;挖地道+ adv./prep.◆The engineers had to tunnel through solid rock.工程师须要在坚实的岩石中开凿隧道。~ your way + adv./prep.◆The rescuers tunnelled their way in to the trapped miners.救援人员挖地道通向那些被困的矿工。tun·nel/ˈtʌnl; NAmEˈtʌnl/
LDC
tunnel1 noun
tunnel2 verb
tunneltun‧nel1 /ˈtʌnl/ ●●●W3 noun [countable]
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1a passage that has been dug under the ground for cars, trains etc to go through: a railway tunnel the Channel Tunnel (=between England and France)2a passage under the ground that animals have dug to live inCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + tunnela two-mile/1500-foot-long etc tunnel· A 250-metre-long tunnel provides access to all parts of the development.a dark tunnel· He peered uneasily down the dark tunnel at the end of the platform.a narrow tunnel· She ran down the narrow tunnel leading to the exit.an underground tunnel· The prisoners escaped through an underground tunnel.a rail/railway tunnel· the 15km long Gotthard railway tunnela road tunnel· a road tunnel through the mountainsthe Channel Tunnel (=the tunnel under the sea between England and France)· They went by train via the Channel Tunnel.phrasesthe roof of a tunnel· The roof of the tunnel was a foot above his head.the entrance to a tunnel/tunnel entrance· To the right was the entrance to a second tunnel.verbsdig a tunnel· Burglars had dug a tunnel under the building in an attempted raid.build a tunnel· The contractors will start building the tunnel next month.a tunnel leads somewhere· The Greenwich Foot Tunnel leads under the River Thames.
tunnel1 noun
tunnel2 verb
tunneltunnel2 verb (past tense and past participle tunnelled, present participle tunnelling British English, tunneled, tunneling American English) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]
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1to dig a long passage under the groundtunnel into/through/under They were tunnelling into the mountainside.tunnel your way under/through etc The prisoners tunneled their way under the fence.2if insects tunnel into something, they make holes in ittunnel into The grubs tunnel into the wood.
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