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单词 tunneller
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tunneller
noun[C]
UK(UStunneler)
uk
/ˈtʌn.əl.ər/us
/ˈtʌn.əl.ɚ/
someone thatdigsatunnel(= alongpassageunder or through theground):
Tunnellers haveworkedunderpressurebefore, but never in suchunstablegroundconditions.
The tunnellers cannot use amachinelike theonesused in the Channeltunnelwork.
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tunnel
More examples
  • Land Roverspatrolthesitetodetertunnellersburrowingtheirway in.
  • The tunnellersmapthelengthanddirectionof thetunnelusingsatellitepictures.
  • Specialistcaversand tunnellers now have todigalongsidethem.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ditches, dams & tunnels
  • cut
  • cutting
  • dam
  • damsomethingup
  • dike
  • ditch
  • dyke
  • groin
  • groyne
  • ha ha
  • inspection chamber
  • spillway
  • subway
  • the Channel Tunnel
  • the Chunnel
  • trench
  • tunnel
  • underpass

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(Definition oftunnellerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftunneller

tunneller
They have become tunnellers of which the nation has reason to be proud.
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I am sure that the tunnellers will solve that problem.
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I would love to have been a longtunneller.
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That gives the tunnellers a great financial advantage because they can acquire a farm for, say, £100,000 whereas as development land it could be worth £2 million.
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The tunnellers, however, are still trying to get through the fault —not because the operation involved is difficult but because of the lack of investment.
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It is an experttunnellerand spends most of its time in the shallow burrows that it excavates and is seldom seen above ground during the day.
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