tunnel

galleria, tunnel

Passaggio attraverso una collina o sotto terra o acqua, percorribile dai veicoli.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: road tunnel, tunnel entrance, drive through tunnel

galleria, tunnel

Passaggio sotto terra o acqua, oppure attraverso una collina.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: underground passage

Espressioni comuni: underground tunnel, railway tunnel, escape tunnel

scavare un tunnel

Scavare un passaggio attraverso qualcosa o al di sotto.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: burrow

Espressioni comuni: tunnel under something, tunnel through rock, tunnel into something