| 单词 | timber |
| 释义 | timber —timberless, adj. —timbery, adj. /tim"beuhr/, n. 1. the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses. 2. growing trees themselves. 3. wooded land. 4. wood, esp. when suitable or adapted for various building purposes. 5. a single piece of wood forming part of a structure or the like: A timber fell from the roof. 6. Naut. (in a ship's frame) one of the curved pieces of wood that spring upward and outward from the keel; rib. 7. personal character or quality: He's being talked up as presidential timber. 8. Sports. a wooden hurdle, as a gate or fence, over which a horse must jump in equestrian sports. v.t. 9. to furnish with timber. 10. to support with timber. v.i. 11. to fell timber, esp. as an occupation. interj. 12. a lumberjack's call to warn those in the vicinity that a cut tree is about to fall to the ground. [bef. 900; ME, OE: orig., house, building material; c. G Zimmer room, ON timbr timber; akin to Goth timrjan, Gk démein to build. See DOME] |
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