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tunnel

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  • n.隧道;地道;地下通道;(动物的)洞穴通道
  • v.开凿隧道;挖地道

复数: tunnels 过去式: tunnelled 现在分词: tunnelling 过去分词: tunnelled 第三人称单数: tunnels

tunneltunnel

noun

1

地下通道;地道;隧道
a passage built underground, for example to allow a road or railway/railroad to go through a hill, under a river, etc.

a railway/railroad tunnel

铁路隧道

the Channel Tunnel

英吉利海峡隧道

2

(动物的)洞穴通道
an underground passage made by an animal

习语

something that shows you are nearly at the end of a long and difficult time or situation

verb

【不规则形式】-ll- NAmE also -l-

+ adv./prep.开凿隧道;挖地道
to dig a tunnel under or through the ground

The engineers had to tunnel through solid rock.

工程师须要在坚实的岩石中开凿隧道。

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。

tunnel

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  • 2
    N-COUNT 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

  • 3
    VERB 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。

  • 4
    See also:wind tunnel

noun

1
a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection
2
a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
Synonym: burrow

verb

1
force a way through
2
move through by or as by digging
burrow through the forest
Synonym: burrow

数据来源:WordNet

  1. Study on Construction Technique Scheme of Shallow Embedded Tunnel under Complex Environment

    复杂环境下超浅埋地下通道施工技术研究

  2. Monitoring Analysis of Ground Subsidence of the Subway Tunnel Construction by Shallow Mining Method

    超浅埋地下通道暗挖法施工地表沉降监测分析

  3. The Channel Tunnel has enormous symbolic significance for a united Europe .

    英吉利海峡隧道对于建立一个统一的欧洲具有重大的象征意义。

  4. The tunnel project has already fallen behind schedule .

    隧道工程已经晚了工期。

  5. The engineers had to tunnel through solid rock .

    工程师须要在坚实的岩石中开凿隧道。

  6. They had to blast a tunnel through the mountain .

    他们得炸出一条穿山隧道。

  7. They drove a tunnel through the solid rock .

    他们凿出一条穿过坚固岩石的隧道。

  8. They pressed themselves flat against the tunnel wall as the train approached .

    火车接近时他们身体紧贴着隧道壁。

  9. The tunnel was blasted out of solid rock .

    这条隧道是在坚固的岩石中炸出来的。

  10. The tunnel is a brilliant feat of engineering .

    这条隧道是工程方面的光辉业绩。

  11. They wriggled their way through the tunnel .

    他们在地道中蜿蜒行进。

  12. 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。

  13. A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel

    可能推迟英吉利海峡隧道开通的问题一大筐。

  14. The Channel tunnel was due to open towards the end of 1993

    海峡隧道预计1993年年底前开通。

  15. The path goes under the river by way of the tunnel .

    这条通道经隧道从河下经过。

  16. The Channel Tunnel project is the biggest civil engineering project in Europe .

    英吉利海峡隧道是欧洲最大的土木工程。

  17. The main path continues through a tunnel of trees .

    主路继续延伸,穿过了树枝遮顶的林阴道。

  18. The Chicago River flooded the city 's underground tunnel system

    芝加哥河的河水淹没了城市的地下隧道系统。

  19. The company is planning to place surveillance equipment at both ends of the tunnel

    该公司计划在隧道两端安装监视设备。

  20. How long is the tunnel ?

    隧道有多长?

  21. Miners built the tunnel to drain water out of the mines

    矿工们开凿了一条地道,以排出矿井里的水。

  22. They thought he had escaped through a specially constructed tunnel .

    他们认为他是通过一条专门修建的地道逃跑的。

  23. Workers could not clear the tunnels of smoke

    工人们无法清除隧道里的烟雾。

  24. The tunnel is 10 metres wide and 600 metres long .

    隧道宽10米,长600米。

  25. They found a labyrinth of tunnels under the ground .

    他们发现了一处迷宫似的地道。

  26. 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。

  27. All that digging had left a network of abandoned mines and tunnels .

    东挖西掘后留下了一片废弃的矿坑。

  28. A massive rock fall trapped the men as they operated a tunnelling machine

    这些工人在操作隧道挖掘机时被大量的落石困住了。

  29. He passed down the tunnel

    他穿行在隧道中。

  30. Coils buried in tunnels below the ground might soon be used to store large amounts of electricity .

    埋在地下隧道里的线圈可能很快就会被用来储存大量的电。

dig burrow delve excavate tunnel 【导航词义:挖】
dig v. 挖,掘
〔辨析〕

指用手、工具、机器等挖洞、掘土。

〔例证〕

dig a hole in the ground

在地上挖个洞

The dog is digging in the backyard.

狗在后院刨坑。

After digging down about 30m, they found a big iron box.

向下挖了大约30米,他们找到一个大铁盒子。

burrow v. 挖掘;挖洞
〔辨析〕

指挖洞或开掘通道。

〔例证〕

The thief tried to burrow a narrow path downward.

小偷试图朝下挖出一条窄窄的通道。

The groundhog burrowed into the earth.

那只土拨鼠挖洞钻入了土里。

delve v. 搜寻,翻找
〔辨析〕

指把手伸进袋子、容器等深处找寻某物。

〔例证〕

She delved into her schoolbag and brought out a pen.

她在自己的书包里翻找着,拿出一支钢笔。

Mary delved in her handbag for the passport.

玛丽在手提包里翻找护照。

excavate v. 〈正式〉开凿;发掘
〔辨析〕

指挖洞、开凿隧道等,也指科学家或考古学家发掘出古物。

〔例证〕

It took them 10 years to excavate the tunnel.

他们花了10年时间才挖掘出这条隧道。

The archeologists are discussing how to excavate the buried ancient city.

考古学家们正在讨论如何发掘出被埋的古城。

tunnel v. 挖,挖掘
〔辨析〕

指开凿隧道、挖地道等,也指昆虫挖掘洞穴。

〔例证〕

The villagers on the remote island have been dreaming of tunnelling under the sea.

那座偏远小岛上的居民一直梦想着开凿海底隧道。

The grubs tunnelled into the trunk.

小虫子钻进了树干里。

  • 习语

n.

light at the end of the tunnel

快要熬出头了;曙光在即
something that shows you are nearly at the end of a long and difficult time or situation