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

• Water rushes out of huge tunnels
  水从巨大的隧道中奔涌而出。
• Complex system of paths or tunnels.
  路径或隧道的复杂系统。
• Ships do not encounter bridges and tunnels, but water is more unpredictable.
  船不会遇到桥梁和隧道了，但水变得更加不可预测。
• 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。
• 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。
• Workers could not clear the tunnels of smoke
  工人们无法清除隧道里的烟雾。
• They found a labyrinth of tunnels under the ground.
  他们发现了一处迷宫似的地道。
• 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。
• 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。