Word · Frequency #2770
tunnels
隧道
tunnels is the plural of tunnel.
An underground or underwater passage, especially one for cars or trains, or a passage through or under an obstacle.
- 1.
An underground or underwater passage.
地下通道
- 2.
a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
通过或在某物下的通道,通常是地下的(尤其是火车或汽车用)
- 3.
A passage through or under some obstacle.
穿过障碍的通道
- 4.
a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
动物为栖息而挖的洞
- 5.
A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
动物洞穴
- 6.
A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
协议隧道,用于封装不可直接使用的协议
- 7.
A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
漏斗
- 8.
The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.
烟道
- 9.
A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.
水平巷道
- 10.
Anything that resembles a tunnel.
类似隧道的东西
洞穴;地洞;隧道状物;隧道;隧道协议;水平巷道;烟道
In use
The train went through a long tunnel under the mountain.
The rabbit disappeared into a small tunnel in the ground.
Drivers should turn on their lights when entering the tunnel.
the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection
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Learner notes
Grammar Note
可数名词,复数形式为 tunnels;表示从某物内部或下方穿过时常用介词 through/under,表示在某通道内部时用 in。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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