英和和英

名詞

tunneller (複数形 tunnellers)

1. (英国用法 spelling) Alternative form of tunneler
   • 1950 August, “The Rimutaka Incline and Deviation, New Zealand”, in Railway Magazine, page 547:

     Approach roads have been formed, and a new town to house 500 persons, including the engineers, tunnellers, outside workers and their families is being built.

   • 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:

     Entering the tunnel, we pass a small shrine above our heads which contains a statue of St Barbara, the patron saint of tunnellers. It is traditional to have such shrines on every tunnel site.

参照

• “tunneller”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.