tunnel

• اسم يدل على ممر أو نفق محفور تحت الأرض أو تحت الماء، يُنشأ عادة للطرق أو السكك الحديدية أو خطوط الاتصالات أو غيرها من المرافق. ويُطلق كذلك على أي ممر أو مأتى ضيق ممتد يشبه النفق.

A noun referring to an underground or underwater passage, typically constructed for roads, railways, or utilities.

1. Underground passageA2formal

   An underground or underwater passage built for roads, trains, or pedestrians.

   نفق

   • The train passed through a long tunnel under the mountain.
   • Workers are digging a new tunnel for the subway system.
   • The tunnel connects the two sides of the river.

   المرادفاتpassagewaysubwayunderpass

2. Animal burrowB1formal

   A long, narrow underground passage made by an animal for shelter or travel.

   جُحْر

   • The rabbit disappeared into its tunnel in the ground.
   • Moles create complex tunnels beneath the garden.
   • The fox dug a tunnel to reach the chicken coop.

   المرادفاتburrowearthhole

3. Metaphorical passageB2informal

   A difficult or challenging period that one must go through to reach a better state.

   فترة عصيبة

   • She felt like she was in a dark tunnel with no end in sight.
   • After months of hard work, he finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel.
   • The recovery process felt like a long tunnel, but he kept going.

   المرادفاتhardshipordealpassagestruggletrial

• فعل يُستخدم للدلالة على حفر نفق أو شقّ ممر تحت الأرض أو عبر شيء ما، أو على المرور والانتقال داخل مساحة ضيقة أو محصورة.

A verb used to indicate the act of digging or creating a passage through or under something, or to move through a confined space.

1. Dig a passageB2formal

   To dig or excavate a long, underground passage.

   حفر نفق

   • The miners tunneled through the rock for months.
   • They are tunneling under the river to build a new subway line.
   • The prisoners tunneled their way out of the jail.

   المرادفاتboreburrowdigdrillexcavateminesapundermine

2. Move through a narrow spaceB2informal

   To move or pass through a narrow or confined space.

   التسلل عبر مساحة ضيقة

   • The rabbit tunneled into the snow to hide.
   • He tunneled through the crowd to reach the exit.
   • The roots tunneled deep into the soil.

   المرادفاتburrowsqueezethreadwormwriggle