timber

英 [ˈtɪmbə(r)]

美 [ˈtɪmbər]

n.  (用于建筑或制作物品的)树木，林木; 用材林; (建筑等用的)木材，木料; (建造房屋用的)大木料，栋木; (造船用的)肋材
vt.  用木料支撑; 备以木材

复数：timbers　过去式：timbered　过去分词：timbered　

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Collins.2 / BNC.2972 / COCA.4896

牛津词典

noun

• （用于建筑或制作物品的）树木，林木；用材林
  trees that are grown to be used in building or for making things
  1. the timber industry
     林木业
• （建筑等用的）木材，木料
  wood that is prepared for use in building, etc.
  1. houses built of timber
     木屋
• （建造房屋用的）大木料，栋木；（造船用的）肋材
  a long heavy piece of wood used in building a house or ship
  1. roof timbers
     房檩
• （砍伐树木时说）倒啦，小心大树倒下
  used to warn people that a tree that has been cut is about to fall

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 木材;原木;树木；林木
  Timberis wood that is used for building houses and making furniture. You can also refer to trees that are grown for this purpose astimber.
  1. These Severn Valley woods have been exploited for timber since Saxon times.
     从撒克逊时代起就开始采伐塞文山谷的这些树林获取木料。
  2. ...a single-story timber building.
     木质平房
• N-COUNT (造船或建屋用的)栋木，大梁
  Thetimbersof a ship or house are the large pieces of wood that have been used to build it.
  1. ...a bird nestling in the timbers of the roof.
     栖息于屋顶横梁上的鸟

英英释义

noun

• a beam made of wood
• a post made of wood
• (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
  1. the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
  2. the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
  Synonym:timbrequalitytone
• land that is covered with trees and shrubs
  Synonym:forestwoodlandtimberland
• the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
  Synonym:lumber

双语例句

• Other major exports and timber products, fish and horticultural products.
  其他主要出口产品有木材、木器、水产和园艺品。
• The timber expands as it absorbs moisture from the atmosphere.
  木材吸收大气中的潮气后会膨胀。
• Neither the timber frame nor metal chassis were protected against rot.
  木构架和金属底盘都没有采取防腐措施。
• The output of tobacco, paper and timber is recovering.
  烟、纸和木头的生产也开始有了点生气。
• One quality of this kind of timber is that it can be sawn easily.
  这种木料的一个特点是容易锯开。
• The timber has rotted.
  这些木材已经腐朽了。
• This is the cableway which the lumberjacks use to haul out their timber.
  这就是林业工人用以运送木材的空中索道。
• Tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and gray bark.
  欧洲中部和南部的一种高大的木材，树冠整齐，灰色树皮。
• They have been bartering wheat for cotton and timber
  他们一直用小麦交换棉花和木材。
• The timber swung slowly so that the bank was behind me and I knew we were in an eddy.
  木头慢慢地转动，河岸转到了我的后边，我这才知道我们到了一个漩涡中。