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tunnel

  • 1 tunnel

    1. noun
    (a (usually man-made) underground passage, especially one cut through a hill or under a river: The road goes through a tunnel under the river.) jarðgöng
    2. verb
    (to make a tunnel: They escaped from prison by tunnelling under the walls.) grafa jarðgöng

    English-Icelandic dictionary > tunnel

  • 2 by means of

    (using: We escaped by means of a secret tunnel.) með því að nota

    English-Icelandic dictionary > by means of

  • 3 dig

    [diɡ] 1. present participle - digging; verb
    1) (to turn up (earth) with a spade etc: to dig the garden.) grafa með skóflu
    2) (to make (a hole) in this way: The child dug a tunnel in the sand.) moka, grafa
    3) (to poke: He dug his brother in the ribs with his elbow.) ÿta, gefa olnbogaskot
    2. noun
    (a poke: a dig in the ribs; I knew that his remarks about women drivers were a dig at me (= a joke directed at me).) sneið, háðsleg athugasemd
    - dig out
    - dig up

    English-Icelandic dictionary > dig

  • 4 entrance

    I ['entrəns] noun
    1) (a place of entering, eg an opening, a door etc: the entrance to the tunnel; The church has an impressive entrance.)
    2) ((an) act of entering: Hamlet now makes his second entrance.)
    3) (the right to enter: He has applied for entrance to university; ( also adjective) an entrance exam.)
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    II verb
    (to fill with great delight: The audience were entranced by her singing.) hrífa, heilla

    English-Icelandic dictionary > entrance

  • 5 face

    [feis] 1. noun
    1) (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) andlit
    2) (a surface especially the front surface: a rock face.) yfirborð
    3) (in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done: a coal face.) endi gangs í kolanámu
    2. verb
    1) (to be opposite to: My house faces the park.) snúa að
    2) (to turn, stand etc in the direction of: She faced him across the desk.) snúa að, standa andspænis
    3) (to meet or accept boldly: to face one's fate.) horfast í augu við
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    - - faced
    - facial
    - facing
    - facecloth
    - facelift
    - face-powder
    - face-saving
    - face value
    - at face value
    - face the music
    - face to face
    - face up to
    - in the face of
    - lose face
    - make/pull a face
    - on the face of it
    - put a good face on it
    - save one's face

    English-Icelandic dictionary > face

  • 6 snake

    [sneik] 1. noun
    (any of a group of legless reptiles with long bodies that move along on the ground with a twisting movement, many of which have a poisonous bite: He was bitten by a snake and nearly died.) snákur
    2. verb
    (to move like a snake: He snaked his way through the narrow tunnel.) hlykkjast áfram
    - snake-charmer

    English-Icelandic dictionary > snake

См. также в других словарях:

  • tunnel — [ tynɛl ] n. m. • 1825 à propos de l Angleterre; angl. tunnel, du fr. tonnelle (XVIe) « longue voûte en berceau » 1 ♦ Galerie souterraine destinée au passage d une voie de communication (sous un cours d eau, un bras de mer; à travers une… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Tunnel [1] — Tunnel, künstlich hergestellter Hohlraum von größerem, verschiedenartig gestaltetem röhrenförmigem Querschnitte, der unter der Erdoberfläche oder unter Gewässern, horizontal oder geneigt in gerader Linie oder in Krümmungen angelegt, zur freien,… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Tunnel [3] — Tunnel, erweiterter Ausdruck nicht nur für ein, im rein bergmännischen Ausbau durch ragende Hindernisse oder unter der Erd(Wasser )oberfläche errichtetes röhrenförmiges Bauwerk, sondern auch für ein solches, das offen, von Tag aus oder nach… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Tunnel — Tun nel, n. [F. tonnelle a semicircular, wagon headed vault, a tunnel net, an arbor, OF. also tonnel; dim. of tonne a tun; so named from its resemblance to a tun in shape. See {Ton}.] 1. A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tunnel — (engl., »Trichter, Röhre«, v. altfranz. tonnel, Tonne; hierzu die Tafel »Tunnelbau« mit Text), ein wesentlich wagerechter Gang (Stollen) von solchen Abmessungen, daß ein Verkehrsweg (Straße, Schiffahrtkanal, Eisenbahn) durch das Erdinnere geführt …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Tunnel — Tun nel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tunneled}or {Tunnelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tunneling} or {Tunnelling}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests. Derham. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tunnel 1 — (6,330m), is a tunnel under construction situated in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. The tunnel is located on the road that connects Tobiagrande with Puerto Salgar. Up ahead the road connects with another tunnel that is named Tunnel 11… …   Wikipedia

  • Tunnel — Sm std. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. tunnel, dieses aus afrz. tonnel Tonnengewölbe, Faß , aus gall. tunna.    Ebenso nndl. tunnel, ne. tunnel, nfrz. tunnel, nschw. tunnel, nnorw. tunnel; Tonne. ✎ Krüger (1979), 451; DF 5 (1981), 528… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • tunnel — [tun′əl] n. [ME tonel, a net with wide opening and narrow end < MFr tonnelle, arbor, semicircular vault < OFr tonnel, dim. of tonne, TUN] 1. Obs. a) a flue b) a funnel 2. a passageway, as through a mountain or under a body of water, as for… …   English World dictionary

  • Tunnel — Tun nel, v. i. To make a tunnel; as, to tunnel under a river. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tunnel — »unter der Erde angelegter, durch einen Berg führender Verkehrsweg«: Das Wort wurde im 19. Jh. aus engl. tunnel »unterirdischer Gang, Stollen; Tunnel« entlehnt, das seinerseits aus afrz. tonnel (= frz. tonnelle) »Tonnengewölbe; Fass« stammt. Dies …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

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