tunnel

túnel

Paso por una colina o bajo tierra o agua por el que pueden circular vehículos.

En inglés sencillo: A passage through a hill or under the ground or water that vehicles can travel through.

• The car entered the tunnel.
• We drove through a tunnel under the river.
• Both tunnels were closed to traffic.

Expresiones frecuentes: road tunnel, tunnel entrance, drive through tunnel

túnel

Paso bajo tierra o agua, o a través de una colina.

En inglés sencillo: A passage under the ground or water, or through a hill.

• The tunnel was dark.
• Prisoners dug a tunnel beneath the wall.
• The train passed through several tunnels.

Sinónimos: underground passage

Expresiones frecuentes: underground tunnel, railway tunnel, escape tunnel

excavar un túnel

Excavar un paso a través de algo o por debajo de ello.

En inglés sencillo: To dig a passage through or under something.

• The rabbits tunneled into the soil.
• Workers are tunneling under the river.
• They tunneled through the mountain for months.

Cómo se usa: tunnel under something (The prisoners tunneled under the fence.); tunnel through something (Workers tunneled through solid rock.)

Sinónimos: burrow

Expresiones frecuentes: tunnel under something, tunnel through rock, tunnel into something