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

• Only the finest timbers and veneers are used.
  只用上好的木料和饰面板。
• Shiver me timbers-idiom for surprise, shock.
  Shivermetimbers-用来表达惊讶、震惊的习语。
• As the earth shifted, villagers say they heard cracking as the timbers in their houses began to split.
  村民反映说，他们可以听到房屋内木质结构由于地面移动而开裂的声音。
• 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。
• The damp has started the timbers.
  潮湿已使梁木弯翘了。
• The timbers of similar houses were painted with pitch.
  类似房屋所用的栋木刷了沥青。
• 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。
• Send him to the forest to hew fresh timbers for the walls.
  让他去森林里砍木头来筑墙。
• 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！