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tunnel

US

/ˈtʌnəl/

UK

/ˈtʌnəl/

Meaning

An underground passage, or a covered passage through or under an obstacle, made for transport or access.

सुरंग—ज़मीन, पहाड़ या किसी दूसरी बाधा के नीचे से निकलने वाला रास्ता, जिसे आम तौर पर आने-जाने के लिए बनाया जाता है।

Examples

“The train disappeared into the long tunnel beneath the hills.”

transportinto a tunnel

“We walked through the tunnel to reach the other side of the road.”

through a tunnelpedestrian access

“Workers are tunnelling under the river to build a new rail link.”

verbtunnel under something

Useful patterns

a road, railway, or pedestrian tunnelgo or travel through a tunnela tunnel under or through somethingdig or build a tunnel

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Word family

tunnel(verb)

Common collocations

railway tunnelroad tunnelunderground tunneltunnel entrancedig a tunnelgo through a tunneltunnel under a river

Common mistakes

Not natural: We drove across the tunnel to reach the town.

Better: We drove through the tunnel to reach the town.

Use through for movement inside a tunnel; across suggests crossing an open surface.

सुरंग के अंदर से जाने के लिए through कहते हैं; across आम तौर पर खुली जगह को पार करने के लिए होता है।

Not natural: The workers are making a tunnel under the river.

Better: The workers are digging a tunnel under the river.

Dig a tunnel is the usual expression when describing how workers create one.

सुरंग बनाने की खुदाई बताने के लिए आम तौर पर digging a tunnel कहते हैं।

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underground passagepassagesubwaybore

Learner tip

Use through with movement inside a tunnel, and under or through to describe where the tunnel runs.

सुरंग के अंदर से जाने के लिए through लगाएँ; सुरंग कहाँ से गुजरती है, यह बताने के लिए under या through इस्तेमाल करें।

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A train passes beneath a hill inside a covered passage. What is that passage?

ट्रेन पहाड़ी के नीचे बने ढके हुए रास्ते से गुजरती है। उस रास्ते को क्या कहते हैं?