tunnel

トンネル

車などが通るために、山の中や地面・水の下に造られた通路。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： road tunnel, tunnel entrance, drive through tunnel

トンネル、地下道

地面や水の下、または山の中を通る通路。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： underground passage

よく使う表現： underground tunnel, railway tunnel, escape tunnel

トンネルを掘る

何かの中や下を通る通路を掘る。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： tunnel under something (The prisoners tunneled under the fence.); tunnel through something (Workers tunneled through solid rock.)

類義語： burrow

よく使う表現： tunnel under something, tunnel through rock, tunnel into something