tunnel
n
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 海峽隧道(英法之間的).
(b) similar underground passage made by a burrowing animal (穴居動物的)洞穴通道
Moles dug tunnels under the lawn. 鼴鼠在草地下面打洞.
2 (idm 習語) light at the end of the tunnel => light1. tunnel, v (-ll-; US -l-)
1 [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (into, through, under, etc) dig a tunnel (in the specified direction) 掘地道; 開隧道
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. 他們在圍墻下面挖地道通向遠處林中.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ one's way into/through/under sth make (a way through sth) by digging a tunnel 挖地道開辟(通過某物的道路)
The rescuers tunnelled their way (in) to the pot-holers. 救援人員挖地道通向那些探察洞穴的人.
tunnel a hole, shaft, passage, etc 挖掘洞穴、 礦井、 通道等.