tunnel
French → English
(Infrastructure) Tunnel: an underground passage built through a hill, mountain, or under a river
Le train s'engouffre dans le tunnel sous la Manche pour relier Paris à Londres.
(English) The train enters the Channel Tunnel to link Paris to London.
Il est strictement interdit de changer de file à l'intérieur du tunnel routier.
(English) It is strictly forbidden to change lanes inside the road tunnel.
(Metaphor) Dark period: a difficult or seemingly endless situation or period of hardship
Après trois ans de crise, l'économie voit enfin le bout du tunnel.
(English) After three years of crisis, the economy finally sees the light at the end of the tunnel.
Sa longue maladie fut un véritable tunnel dont il est sorti plus fort.
(English) His long illness was a real dark period from which he emerged stronger.
Entry ID: fr:en:tunnel · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary