Tunnel Meaning in English

word

US

/ˈtənəɫ/

TUH-nuhl

UK

/tˈʌnəl/

TUH-nuhl

التعريف

A tunnel is a long passage built under the ground, through a hill, or under water so that people, cars, trains, or water can pass through it.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Most often refers to a physical underground passage. Common collocations are 'road tunnel', 'railway tunnel', 'tunnel entrance', and 'go through a tunnel'. It can also be a verb: 'to tunnel through rock' means to dig a tunnel.

• Spanish: túnel
• Portuguese (BR): túnel
• Portuguese (PT): túnel
• Chinese (Simplified): 隧道
• Chinese (Traditional): 隧道
• Hindi: सुरंग
• Arabic: نفق
• Bengali: টানেল
• Russian: туннель
• Japanese: トンネル
• Vietnamese: đường hầm
• Korean: 터널
• Turkish: tünel
• Urdu: سرنگ
• Indonesian: terowongan

جمل نموذجية

The train went through a long tunnel.

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There is a tunnel under the river.

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The rabbit made a tunnel in the ground.

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We were stuck in the tunnel for almost twenty minutes because of traffic.

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Once we came out of the tunnel, my phone signal came back.

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They had to tunnel through solid rock to finish the project on time.

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