timber
noun /ˈtɪmbə(r)/
/ˈtɪmbər/
(用于建筑或制作物品的)树木,林木;用材林 - the timber industry
林木业
Collocations Dictionaryverb + timber- cut
- fell
- harvest
- …
- company
- industry
- production
- …
- the timber industry
- (also lumber especially in North American English)wood that is prepared for use in building, etc.
(建筑等用的)木材,木料 - houses built of timber
木屋 - a solid timber door
实木门
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- solid
- rough
- …
- length
- piece
- dress
- season
- treat
- …
- decay
- rot
- product
- merchant
- yard
- …
- houses built of timber
- [countable, usually plural] a long heavy piece of wood used in building a house or ship
(建造房屋用的)大木料,栋木;(造船用的)肋材 - roof timbers
房檩 - The house has exposed oak timbers.
房子的橡木料露在外面。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- exposed
- roof
- …
- roof timbers
- Timber!used to warn people that a tree that has been cut is about to fall
(砍伐树木时喊)放树啦!
词源Old English in the sense ‘a building’, also ‘building material’, of Germanic origin; related to German Zimmer ‘room’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘build’.