timber

英[ˈtɪmbə(r)]
美[ˈtɪmbər]

基本释义

  • n.木材,木料; (用于建筑或制作物品的)树木; 用材林,林场; 素质

词性变化

实用例句

the timber industry

林木业

牛津词典

houses built of timber

木屋

牛津词典

roof timbers

房檩

牛津词典

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。

...a single-story timber building.

木质平房

...a bird nestling in the timbers of the roof.

栖息于屋顶横梁上的鸟

Um, maybe. What's on?

嗯, 可以吧. 正在上演什么片子?

期刊摘选

We found him to be the right sort of timber.

我们发现他是真正的人才.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Timber is under allocation at present.

目前木材是调拨供应.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The timber has seasoned well.

这木材已经干燥可用了.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The timber is graded according to its thickness.

木材按厚度分级.

《简明英汉词典》

He's being talked up as presidential timber.

人们说他具有当总统的气质.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The crew lashed cargoes of timber down.

全体船员将木材绑牢.

《简明英汉词典》

Clean timber has no knots in it.

光洁的木料没有节疤.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

These trees need more time to grow into useful timber.

这些树不够年头,还没成材呢.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

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.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The timber has rotted.

这些木材已经腐朽了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The timber has started to decay.

木材已开始腐烂.

《简明英汉词典》

We must safeguard forest timber.

我们必须保护森林.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

You'll have to make do with this timber.

你就可着这块木料做吧.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The usual fabric was timber.

通常的建筑材料是木材.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Forested areas have been expanding every year, with the increase in standing timber greater than that of felled lumber.

森林面积每年都在增加,林木生长量大于消耗量.

《简明英汉词典》

A timber fell from the roof.

一根横梁从屋顶落下.

《简明英汉词典》

Woollen cloth and timber were sent to Egypt in exchange for linen or papyrus.

羊毛料和木材送到埃及以换取亚麻布或纸莎草纸.

《简明英汉词典》

New timber should be treated with a preservative.

新采的圆木应进行防腐处理.

《简明英汉词典》

roughly hewn timber frames

粗劈成的木架子

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

a substructure of timber piles

木桩下部结构

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

真题例句

Co-author Amy Zanne thinks that users probably range from climate-change researchers wanting to estimate how much carbon is stored in biomass, to foresters looking for information on different grades of timber.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Most consist of timber frames that rest on stone blocks.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

The reason for constructing the buildings from wood is probably that ideally proportioned straight and slender timber was available in large quantities in Scandinavia's vast pine forests.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Some species of trees have been"read out of the party"by economics-minded foresters because they grow too slowly, or have too low a sale value to pay as timber crops.

出自-2010年考研翻译原文

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

  • 2. a beam made of wood

  • 3. a post made of wood

  • 4. land that is covered with trees and shrubs

  • 5. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);

    "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"

    "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

同义词辨析

lumber, timber, wood, log

这些名词均有"木材,木"之意。

  • lumber: 指伐下后未经削磨的木材,现多用于美国英语中。
  • timber: 指经过匠人初步加工的备用木材,多用于英国英语。
  • wood: 最普通用词,含义广,除表示"木材,木"外,还可用复数形式表示森林。
  • log: 指原木或圆木。

同义词