A method of building a tunnel by making a cutting which is then lined and covered over.
随挖随填施工法；挖填施工
as modifiera cut-and-cover tunnel
Example sentencesExamples
The architects of later pyramids ensured that there was adequate access to underground chambers by using cut-and-cover techniques rather than tunnelling.
A cut-and-cover operation requiring the excavation of 650,000 cubic yards of soil, the tunnel itself called for 130,000 cubic yards of concrete to be placed.
It also does grading, foundation excavation, and cut-and-cover excavation for installing underground utilities and paves roads and parking areas.
The cut-and-cover lines are so much more pleasant than the deep-down tracks.
The line that runs beneath 41st Street was constructed later using cut-and-cover as well as tunneling techniques.
Definition of cut-and-cover in US English:
cut-and-cover
nounˌkədənˈkəvər
A method of building a tunnel by making a cutting which is then lined and covered over.
随挖随填施工法；挖填施工
as modifiera cut-and-cover tunnel
Example sentencesExamples
A cut-and-cover operation requiring the excavation of 650,000 cubic yards of soil, the tunnel itself called for 130,000 cubic yards of concrete to be placed.
The cut-and-cover lines are so much more pleasant than the deep-down tracks.
The line that runs beneath 41st Street was constructed later using cut-and-cover as well as tunneling techniques.
The architects of later pyramids ensured that there was adequate access to underground chambers by using cut-and-cover techniques rather than tunnelling.
It also does grading, foundation excavation, and cut-and-cover excavation for installing underground utilities and paves roads and parking areas.