| [/ˈtʌnl; ˋtʌnl/] n 用法:
1 (a) underground passage, eg for a road or railway through a hill or under a river or the sea 地下通道; 隧道; 地道:
the Channel Tunnel, ie between England and France 海峡隧道（英法之间的）.
(b) similar underground passage made by a burrowing animal （穴居动物的）洞穴通道:
Moles dug tunnels under the lawn. 鼹鼠在草地下面打洞. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) light at the end of the tunnel => light1. tunnel 2
v (-ll-; US -l-) 用法:
1 [I, Ipr, Ip] ~ (into, through, under, etc) dig a tunnel (in the specified direction) 掘地道; 开隧道:
The prisoners had escaped by tunnelling. 犯人挖地道逃跑了. *
They tunnelled along under the walls and up into the woods beyond. 他们在围墙下面挖地道通向远处林中. 用法:
2 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ one's way into/through/under sth make (a way through sth) by digging a tunnel 挖地道开辟（通过某物的道路）:
The rescuers tunnelled their way (in) to the pot-holers. 救援人员挖地道通向那些探察洞穴的人. *
tunnel a hole, shaft, passage, etc 挖掘洞穴、 矿井、 通道等. |