in AM, use 美国英语用 tunneling, tunneled
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[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.
...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.
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
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light at the end of the tunnel
→see: light
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