timber
n
1 (US lumber) [U]
wood prepared for use in building or carpentry (建筑或木工用的)木材, 木料
dressed timber, ie sawn, shaped and planed ready for use 刨好的木材
[attrib 作定語(yǔ)]
a `timber-merchant 木材商
a `timber-yard, ie where timber is stored, bought and sold, etc 木材場(chǎng).
2 [U] trees suitable for this 用材林
standing (ie growing) timber 未伐的樹(shù)木
cut down/fell timber 伐木
put a hundred acres of land under timber, ie plant it with trees 種植一百英畝用材林.
3 [C] piece of wood, esp a beam, used in constructing a house or ship (造房屋或船用的)木料, (尤指)大梁
roof/floor timbers 房檁[地板龍骨]. timber, interj (used as a warning that a tree is about to fall after being cut 伐木工在樹(shù)木將倒時(shí)示警的呼喊聲).
?? 考研助記
踢木伯(諧音): 木材 木料(lumber)是木材(timber),又拉又踢來(lái)
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['timb?]n. 木材, 木料vt. 用木材建造【機(jī)】 木料, 木材
?? 同為「CET-4」詞匯
crawlvi. 爬行;緩慢行進(jìn);巴結(jié);
n. 緩慢的爬行;〈美俚〉跳舞,自由式游泳;養(yǎng)魚(yú)(龜)池;