英语词汇“tunneller”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tunnel /tunˈl/

noun

A passage cut underground

Any tubular passage

An animal's burrow, in earth, wood, etc

A tunnel net

A flue, chimney

(with cap) the tunnel under the English Channel connecting England and France

See also snake

transitive verb

tunnˈelling

tunnˈeling

tunnˈelled

tunnˈeled

To make a passage or passages through

To hollow out

To catch in a tunnel net

intransitive verb

To make a tunnel

To pass through, or as if through, a tunnel

ORIGIN: OFr ton(n)el (Fr tonneau) cask, and tonnelle vault, tunnel net, dimin of tonne cask

tunnˈeller or (US) tunnˈeler noun

tunnˈelling noun and adjective

tunnel diode noun (electronics)

A junction diode, used as a low noise amplifier, oscillator or very low power microwave, in which electrons bypass the potential energy barrier by a phenomenon known in wave mechanics as tunnˈelling

tunnel net noun

A funnel-shaped net

tunnel of love noun

A fairground ride consisting of a trip through a darkened tunnel by boat or train, used traditionally by courting couples

tunnel vault same as barrel vault (see under barrel).

tunnel vision noun

A medical condition in which one is unable to see objects other than those straight ahead
Single-minded concentration on one's own pursuits or viewpoints to the total exclusion of those of others