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tunnel

/ˈtʌn(ə)l/

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noun

隧道，地道。

An underground or underwater passage.

Examples :

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

为了避免影响交通，建筑工人在道路下方修建了一条隧道。

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noun

隧道，地道

A passage through or under some obstacle.

Examples :

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

火车穿过了一条山底下的长隧道。

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noun

洞穴，地道， Burrow

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

Examples :

"The rabbit made a tunnel in the garden. "

兔子在花园里挖了个洞穴。

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noun

隧道，通道

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. "

该公司使用了一个通道（隧道）来访问安全网络，即使他们的常规网络连接被屏蔽了。

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noun

漏斗

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. "

厨师用漏斗把热糖浆倒入甜点碗里。

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noun

烟道，通风道

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. "

这座房子的烟囱烟道狭窄，导致烟很难顺利排出。

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noun

隧道，地道。

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. "

矿工们挖了一条隧道，以便到达隐藏在山下的矿藏。

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verb

挖掘，开凿隧道

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

Examples :

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

工人们正在挖掘穿过小山的隧道，以便修建一条新路。

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verb

开凿隧道，挖掘隧道

To dig a tunnel.

Examples :

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

建筑工人们正在开凿穿过这座山的隧道，以修建一条新路。

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verb

建立隧道，穿隧。

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. "

旧的邮件系统不可靠，它通过不安全的协议，为敏感的学生数据建立了隧道传输。

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verb

置入隧道式导管，埋藏导管。

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. "

医生给病人做了一个隧道式导管置入术，把导管埋在静脉里，以便长期输液。

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verb

量子穿隧，量子隧穿。

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. "

电子量子隧穿穿过了绝缘层，从而使电路得以接通。

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