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tunneling

/tŭn′ə-lĭng/

隧道工程,隧道施工,隧道建设,挖隧道

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  • For centuries, people have been tunneling into the landscape, which proved especially adept at hiding those fleeing persecution.

  • They considered tunneling in from the side or maybe creating an entry hole by placing a shaped charge on the shelter roof.

  • Tunneling mud-banks under water, with streams of water or streams of compressed air, struck me as decidedly a novelty.

  • Here the stream which has done all this carving and tunneling has got to the end of its tether.

  • The more rational way of tunneling through the hill or going around it had not yet dawned on our Dutch ancestors.

  • At the end of the month the burrowing had been succeeded by tunneling, and both sides prepared for a winter of spasmodic action.

  • The camp had a deserted appearance, for the men were all at work, tunneling the hill half a mile lower down.