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

The timber expands as it absorbs moisture from the atmosphere.
木材吸收大气中的潮气后会膨胀。
This agency has been far too easy on the timber industry over the years.
多年以来，这个机构对木材业的管理太过宽松了。
They grow rice and timber.
他们种植大米和建材用树木。
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。
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 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。
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。
Every piece of timber was planed, cut to size and stained with cedar preservative.
每根木材都被刨平了，切割成一定尺寸，并涂上了雪松防腐剂。
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。
Small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees.
东亚和澳大利亚的一个材用树木小属。