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　

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

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

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

Wood of this species is a commercial timber used in construction; bark and wood used as medicine.
本种木材通直，橙黄色，为优良的建筑用材；树皮和木材可供药用。
Fires have burned up 180,000 acres of timber.
大火烧光了18万英亩的木材。
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。
Half of the north-west's timber land is public property.
西北部的一半林地是公共财产。
The work of cutting down trees for timber.
砍伐树木以得到木材的工作。
He felled, peeled and hewed his own timber.
他自己砍树、剥皮、劈成木材。
The timber expands as it absorbs moisture from the atmosphere.
木材吸收大气中的潮气后会膨胀。
The builders will have to strengthen the existing joists with additional timber.
施工人员将不得不另外用木料加固现有的托梁。
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。
He supplied housebuilders with modern timber frames
他给房屋建筑商提供了现代的木构架。