Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - tunnel
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Tunnel
tunnel
~1 n 1 a passage that has been dug under the ground for cars, trains etc to go through 2 a passage under the ground that animals have dug to live in ~2 v tunnelled, tunnelling BrE tunneled, tunneling AmE I always + adv/prep to dig a long passage under the ground + under/through etc (tunneling through hard rock) tunnel your way into/through/under etc (=move somewhere by digging a passage) (The prisoners tunneled their way under the fence.)
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(tunnels, tunnelling, tunnelled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: in AM, use 'tunneling', 'tunneled' 1. A tunnel is a long passage which has been made under the ground, usually through a hill or under the sea. ...two new railway tunnels through the Alps. N-COUNT: oft supp N 2. To tunnel somewhere means to make a tunnel there. The rebels tunnelled out of a maximum security jail... VERB: V prep/adv 3. see also wind tunnel ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English tonel cask, tun, from Anglo-French, from tone tun Date: 1508 1. a hollow conduit or recess ; tube, well 2. a. a covered passageway; specifically a horizontal passageway through or under an obstruction b. a subterranean gallery (as in a mine) c. burrow • ~like adjective II. verb (-neled or -nelled; -neling or ~ling) Date: 1795 intransitive verb 1. to make or use a ~ 2. physics to pass through a potential barrier electrons ~ing through an insulator between semiconductors transitive verb to make a ~ or similar opening through or under; also to make (one's way) by or as if by making a ~ • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 an artificial underground passage through a hill or under a road or river etc., esp. for a railway or road to pass through, or in a mine. 2 an underground passage dug by a burrowing animal. 3 a prolonged period of difficulty or suffering (esp. in metaphors, e.g. the end of the tunnel). 4 a tube containing a propeller shaft etc. --v. (tunnelled, tunnelling; US tunneled, tunneling) 1 intr. (foll. by through, into, etc.) make a tunnel through (a hill etc.). 2 tr. make (one's way) by tunnelling. 3 intr. Physics pass through a potential barrier. Phrases and idioms tunnel diode Electronics a two-terminal semiconductor diode using tunnelling electrons to perform high-speed switching operations. tunnel-kiln a kiln in which ceramic ware is carried on trucks along a continuously-heated passage. tunnel-net a fishing-net wide at the mouth and narrow at the other end. tunnel vision 1 vision that is defective in not adequately including objects away from the centre of the field of view. 2 colloq. inability to grasp the wider implications of a situation. Derivatives tunneller n. Etymology: ME f. OF tonel dimin. of tonne TUN ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I 1) туннель; галлерея 2) проходить туннель 3) штольня; горизонтальная выработка 4) электрон. туннелировать, совершать туннельный переход 5) (аэродинамическая) труба 6) туннельная печь 7) пояс брюк to bore tunnel — проходить туннель щитом, производить щитовую проходку туннеля; to drive tunnel — проходить [прокладывать] туннель; to drive (pipe)line tunnel — прокладывать туннель для трубопровода - access tunnel - back tunnel - box sealing tunnel - box-section tunnel - circular-section tunnel - closed-circuit wind tunnel - concrete-lined tunnel - cut-and-cover tunnel - cylindrical tunnel - dilution tunnel - discharge tunnel - diversion tunnel - docking tunnel - double-track tunnel - drainage tunnel - drift tunnel - dry tunnel - drying tunnel - flexible transfer tunnel - free-flow downstream tunnel - freezing tunnel - full-scale wind tunnel - grade tunnel - haulage tunnel - headrace tunnel - high-pressure tunnel - highway tunnel - horseshoe tunnel - hydraulic tunnel - infiltration tunnel - irrigation tunnel - low pressure tunnel - medium-pressure tunnel - mine tunnel - open-circuit wind tunnel - outlet works tunnel - outlet tunnel - pear-shaped tunnel - pedestrian tunnel - pilot tunnel - pipeline tunnel - power tunnel - pressure tunnel - pressure tight tunnel - propeller shaft tunnel - quasi-rectangular section tunnel - railroad tunnel - rail tunnel - rapid-transit tunnel - relief tunnel - river diversion tunnel - rock tunnel - safety tunnel - sewer tunnel - shield-driven tunnel - shrink tunnel - sloping tunnel - spillway tunnel - spine tunnel - sunken-tube tunnel - supply tunnel - tailrace tunnel - through-type shrink tunnel - transfer tunnel - transmountain diversion tunnel - turbine supply tunnel - two-lane tunnel - underspoil tunnel - ventilation tunnel - water-supply...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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тоннель; галерея; штольня; горизонтальная выработка air tunnel bored tunnel canal tunnel circular tunnel cut-and-cover tunnel derivation tunnel discharge tunnel diversion tunnel escalator tunnel free-flow tunnel grade tunnel highway tunnel hydraulic tunnel immersed tube tunnel inclined stair tunnel infiltration tunnel long tunnel main line tunnel metro tunnel mixed face tunnel motorway tunnel penstock tunnel pilot tunnel pressure tunnel railroad tunnel rapid transit tunnel rock tunnel running tunnel service tunnel sewer tunnel shield tunnel short tunnel single-lane one-way tunnel single-track tunnel special tunnel spillway tunnel station tunnel subaqueous tunnel submarine tunnel submerged tunnel sunken tube tunnel supply tunnel tailrace tunnel two-lane one-way tunnel two traffic lanes tunnel undersea tunnel urban tunnel vehicular tunnel water tunnel water-intake tunnel wind tunnel ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
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1) проходческий 2) тоннель 3) тоннельный 4) труба 5) шахта propeller shaft tunnel — туннель гребного вала vehicular traffic tunnel — транспортный туннель wind tunnel model — модель для продувок - cavitation tunnel - cinder tunnel - cooling tunnel - freezing tunnel - highway tunnel - railroad tunnel - tunnel break-down - tunnel cathode - tunnel cooler - tunnel current - tunnel diode - tunnel shield - tunnel stern - tunnel trestle - tunnel washer - wind tunnel ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. тоннель, туннель railway tunnel —- железнодорожный тоннель to drive a tunnel through a mountain —- прокладывать туннель сквозь гору 2. ход (вырытый в земле животным); соединительный ход 3. коридор (деревьев и т. п.) 4. спец. труба aerodynamic (air, wind) tunnel —- аэродинамическая труба 5. горн. штольня; штрек 6. дымоход 7. тех. трубопровод 8. воен. минная галерея 9. допустимый диапазон изменения курса для плавающих валют на мировом рынке (установленный Международным валютным фондом) 10. уст. силки для ловли куропаток или водоплавающей птицы 11. прокладывать тоннель to tunnel a hill —- проложить тоннель в горе 12. прокладывать ход moles can tunnel for a very long way —- кроты прокладывают под землей очень длинные ходы 13. прокладывать, пробивать, тропить to tunnel one's way through the snow —- прокладывать путь в снегу, пробираться по снегу 14. пронизывать; пронзать lights tunnel the darkness —- лучи света пронзают (ночную) тьму 15. пользоваться тоннелем a train tunnelled through the hill —- поезд прошел по горному тоннелю 16. подкапываться; подрывать to tunnel under all the established values —- подрывать все установленные (существующие) ценности 17. уст. ловить силками (куропаток) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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vision 1) med. резко суженное поле зрения (у истериков) 2) узкий кругозор; ограниченность, узость взглядов TUNNEL 1. noun 1) тоннель 2) mining штольня 3) mil. минная галерея 4) дымоход Syn: see cave 2. v. прокладывать тоннель ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1440, "funnel-shaped net for catching birds," from M.Fr. tonnelle "net," or tonel "cask," dim. of O.Fr. tonne "tun, cask for liquids," possibly from the same source as O.E. tunne (see tun). Meaning "underground passage" is first attested 1765, about five years after the first modern tunnel was built (on the Grand Trunk Canal in England). The earlier word for this was mine. Meaning "burrow of an animal" is from 1873. The verb meaning "excavate underground" is first attested 1795. Tunnel vision first recorded 1949. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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