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tunnel

/ˈtʌn(ə)l/

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noun

Túnel

An underground or underwater passage.

Examples :

"The construction workers built a tunnel under the road to avoid disrupting traffic. "

Los trabajadores de la construcción construyeron un túnel debajo de la carretera para evitar interrumpir el tráfico.

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noun

Túnel

A passage through or under some obstacle.

Examples :

"The train traveled through a long tunnel under the mountain. "

El tren viajó por un largo túnel bajo la montaña.

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noun

Madriguera

A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.

Examples :

"The rabbit made a tunnel in the garden. "

El conejo hizo una madriguera en el jardín.

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noun

Un envoltorio para un protocolo que de otro modo no se puede utilizar porque no es compatible, está bloqueado o no es seguro.

A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.

Examples :

"The company used a tunnel to access the secure network, even though their regular internet connection was blocked. "

La empresa utilizó un túnel para acceder a la red segura, a pesar de que su conexión a Internet habitual estaba bloqueada.

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noun

Embudo

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.

Examples :

"The chef used a tunnel to pour the hot syrup into the dessert bowls. "

El chef usó un embudo para verter el jarabe caliente en los cuencos de postre.

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noun

Chimenea

The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.

Examples :

"The house's chimney had a narrow tunnel, making it hard to get the smoke out properly. "

La chimenea de la casa tenía un túnel estrecho, lo que dificultaba la correcta salida del humo.

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noun

Túnel

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.

Examples :

"The miners dug a tunnel to reach the ore deposit hidden beneath the mountain. "

Los mineros cavaron un túnel para llegar al depósito de mineral escondido debajo de la montaña.

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verb

Hacer un túnel, horadar

To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.

Examples :

"The workers are tunneling through the hill to create a new road. "

Los trabajadores están haciendo un túnel a través de la colina para crear una nueva carretera.

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verb

Hacer un túnel

To dig a tunnel.

Examples :

"The construction workers are tunneling through the hill to build a new road. "

Los trabajadores de la construcción están haciendo un túnel a través de la colina para construir una nueva carretera.

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verb

Transmitir por un túnel

To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol).

Examples :

"The old email system was unreliable; it tunneled the sensitive student data through an insecure protocol. "

El antiguo sistema de correo electrónico no era fiable; transmitía los datos sensibles de los estudiantes a través de un protocolo no seguro.

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verb

Insertar un catéter

To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.

Examples :

"The doctor tunneled a catheter into the patient's vein for the long-term IV drip. "

El médico insertó un catéter en la vena del paciente para la administración intravenosa a largo plazo.

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verb

Efecto túnel

To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.

Examples :

"The electron tunneled through the insulating layer, allowing the circuit to complete. "

El electrón hizo efecto túnel a través de la capa aislante, permitiendo que el circuito se completara.

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