English Dictionary

cut-and-cover

形容詞

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(construction) A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench, constructing the tunnel and then covering it with soil.

日本語の意味

地表直下にトンネルを建設するための工法で、大きな溝を掘削してトンネル構造を作り、その後、土で覆い戻す方法

Engineers proposed a cut-and-cover tunnel to avoid deep boring under the historic district.

技術者たちは歴史的地区の下での深い穿孔を避けるため、開削工法で建設するトンネルを提案した。

意味（1）

(construction) A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench, constructing the tunnel and then covering it with soil.

On London Underground, there are the cut-and-cover lines running just below the surface, and the Tubes properly so-called, which are on average about 40 feet down.