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tunnel

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Related topics: Transport
tun·nel1 /ˈtʌnl/ ●●● W3 noun [countableC]  
1 TTa passage that has been dug under the ground for cars, trains etc to go through 〔汽车、火车等通行的〕隧道
 a railway tunnel
铁路隧道
 the Channel Tunnel (=between England and France)
〔英吉利〕海峡隧道
2. HBAHOLEa passage under the ground that animals have dug to live in 〔动物的〕洞穴通道
nCOLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + tunnel
a 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 tunnel
a road tunnel
a road tunnel through the mountains
the Channel Tunnel (=the tunnel under the sea between England and France)
They went by train via the Channel Tunnel.
phrases
the 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.
verbs
dig 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.
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Related topics: Engineering
tunnel2 verb (tunnelled, tunnelling British EnglishBrE, tunneled, tunneling American EnglishAmE) [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]  
1 TEDIGto dig a long passage under the ground 挖掘(隧道)
tunnel into/through/under
 They were tunnelling into the mountainside.
他们正在山腰上挖隧道。
tunnel your way under/through etc
 The prisoners tunneled their way under the fence.
犯人们在围栏下面挖地道通向外面。
2 if insects tunnel into something, they make holes in it 掘,凿,挖(洞穴)
tunnel into
 The grubs tunnel into the wood.
蛆虫在木头里钻洞。
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Origin tunnel1
(1400-1500) Old French tonel barrel, from tonne, from Medieval Latin tunna
tun·nel1 nounn COLLOCATIONS1tunnel2 verb
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