tunneller

/ˈtʌn.əl.ər/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtʌn.əl.ɚ/ (ame, ipa)

tunneller — noun

1. a person whose job is to dig tunnels—long underground passages built for roads,

1.名詞B2
釋義

a person whose job is to dig tunnels—long underground passages built for roads, railways, water pipes, or other infrastructure.

例句

Sade worked as a tunneller on a new metro line, digging below busy city streets.

tunneller + working on [project]

The old tunneller showed Harper how to check tunnel walls for cracks after each shift.

同義詞
  • miner

    focuses on extracting minerals or coal rather than creating passages

  • digger

    more general term for any person or machine that digs, not specific to tunnels

  • excavator

    broader term that can refer to either a person or heavy machinery

用法筆記

British spelling with double l; American English typically uses tunneler (single l).

常見錯誤

❌The tunneller machine broke down yesterday.
✅The tunnelling machine broke down yesterday.
💡Tunneller refers to a person, not a machine.