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。
• Shield tunneling has become one of the important construction methods for metro tunnels in China.
  盾构施工技术已发展成为我国地铁随道施工的重要工法之一。
• Workers could not clear the tunnels of smoke
  工人们无法清除隧道里的烟雾。
• 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。
• The tunnels have been widened and deepened.
  各条隧道都已拓宽加深。
• Bridge, tunnels, and skyscrapers under construction can also be dangerous places to work.
  在桥梁、隧道、摩天大楼、地下建筑中工作也同样存在危险。
• Rumors have it that secret tunnels lead out of this castle, but we haven't found any.
  传说这座古堡里面有条暗道，可我们还没找到。
• Projects of artificial islands, sea and seabed material storage facilities, cross-sea bridges, and seabed tunnels;
  人工岛、海上和海底物资储藏设施、跨海桥梁、海底隧道工程；
• Water rushes out of huge tunnels
  水从巨大的隧道中奔涌而出。
• The term highway includes its highway subgrade pavement, bridges, culverts and tunnels.
  公路包括公路的路基、路面、桥梁、涵洞、隧道。