timbers

英 [ˈtɪmbəz]

美 [ˈtɪmbərz]

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
timber的第三人称单数和复数

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

双语例句

• The timbers of the house were charred by the raging fire.
  房屋的木材被熊熊大火烧成了木炭。
• Used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture.
  尤其用于木料或木板；通常因为潮湿而变形。
• Prepare for me a ship of which the half-rotten timbers shall be painting black.
  去给我准备一条船，要用朽木制造，涂上黑漆。
• We cannot kiln dry timbers.
  我们不能窑干木材。
• Before starting construction of this model I collected many compass timbers from Aplle wood.
  在开始制作的这个模型前，我从苹果树上收集了许多弯曲的木料。
• The timbers groan and creak and the floorboards shift.
  这些木头在吱吱嘎嘎作响，木地板有些摇晃。
• Builders clearing land for the1,776ft tall One World Trade Centre, which began development in2006, discovered curved timbers amongst the rubble, debris and land.
  世贸中心大厦一期工程楼高1776英尺，工程于2006年动工。建设者们在清理土方时，从碎石和泥土中发现了凹凸不平的木材。
• They made such an uproar that the very timbers of the palace shook.
  他们喧嚣叫嚷之声，把王宫的栋梁震得直摇晃。
• But for two year before that, shiver my timbers! The man was starving.
  可在那之前两年，他就连饭也吃不上了！
• The firm believer can build a steady worldview on solid timbers but still delight in new information.
  坚定地持有某些观念的人，可以用可靠的素材搭建起稳固的世界观，但仍然乐于接触新信息。