tunnels

英 [ˈtʌnlz]

美 [ˈtʌnlz]

n.  地下通道; 地道; 隧道; (动物的)洞穴通道
v.  开凿隧道; 挖地道
tunnel的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 tunneling, tunneled


• N-COUNT 隧道;地道
  Atunnelis a long passage which has been made under the ground, usually through a hill or under the sea.
  1. ...two new railway tunnels through the Alps.
     穿过阿尔卑斯山的两条新的铁路隧道
  2. …the motorway tunnels under the Hudson river.
     哈得孙河下的高速公路隧道
• VERB 挖隧道;挖地道
  Totunnelsomewhere means to make a tunnel there.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• See also:wind tunnel

双语例句

• Many of the city's subway tunnels are flooded.
  许多城市的地铁隧道被淹没。
• 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。
• These tunnels in caves have offered us some amazing discoveries.
  这些洞穴里的地道让我们有了一些惊奇的发现。
• We can get through town through the subway tunnels.
  我们可以通过地铁隧道来通过城市。
• All these tunnels have been excavated by methods of drilling and blasting.
  所有这些隧道都是用钻爆法进行开挖的。
• In Switzerland a number of tunnels and bridges have had cathodic protection applied.
  在瑞士，有很多隧道和桥梁应用了阴极保护。
• Workers could not clear the tunnels of smoke
  工人们无法清除隧道里的烟雾。
• The tunnels have been widened and deepened.
  各条隧道都已拓宽加深。
• Many results were obtained for the cases of deep tunnels.
  对深埋隧道的研究已取得了很多结果。
• 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。