tunnel
tunnel 英 [ˈtʌnl] 美 [ˈtʌnəl]
n. 隧道；
进行时:tunnelling 过去式:tunnelled 过去分词:tunnelled 第三人称单数:tunnels 名词复数:tunnels
- A tunnel is a passage that runs underground or through something, like a train tunnel that cuts through a mountain. Some theme parks have networks of underground tunnels so that employees can move around out of sight of visitors.
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- n. 隧道；
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1. a railway tunnel, a railroad tunnel
铁路隧道
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2. the Channel Tunnel
英吉利海峡隧道
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3. The engineers had to tunnel through solid rock.
工程师须要在坚实的岩石中开凿隧道。
- tunnel (n.) early 15c., "funnel-shaped net for catching birds," from Middle French tonnelle "net," or tonel "cask," diminutive of Old French tonne "tun, cask for liquids," possibly from the same source as Old English tunne (see tun).
- tunnel (v.) "excavate underground," 1795, from tunnel (n.). From 1570s as "furnish with a tunnel." Related: Tunneled; tunneling.
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