英汉词典

timber 基本解释

• n. 木材；木料
• n. (Timber)人名；(瑞典)廷贝尔

timber 词态变化

timber 中文词源

来自古英语 timber,房屋，建筑物，来自 Proto-Germanic*timran,建筑物，来自 PIE*deme,建造， 修建，来自 PIE*dom,屋子，住所，词源同 dome,domicile.后引申词义建筑材料，树木，木材， 木料等。

timber 英文词源

timber

timber: [OE] Timber originally denoted a ‘building’ – the Lindisfarne Gospels of around 950 translated Mark 13:1 (‘See what manner of stones and what buildings are here’) as ‘See what stones and what timber’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *timram, whose German descendant zimmer ‘room’ has remained closer to its semantic roots (but German zimmermann means ‘carpenter’).

And this in turn went back to Indo-European *demrom, a derivative of the base *dem-, *dom- ‘build’, from which English also gets dome, domestic, etc. The sense ‘building’ gradually developed into ‘building material’, then ‘wood used for building’, and finally ‘wood’ in general.
=> dome, domestic

timber (n.)

Old English timber "building, structure," in late Old English "building material, trees suitable for building," and "trees or woods in general," from Proto-Germanic *timran (cognates: Old Saxon timbar "a building, room," Old Frisian timber "wood, building," Old High German zimbar "timber, wooden dwelling, room," Old Norse timbr "timber," German Zimmer "room"), from PIE *deme- "to build," possibly from root *dem- "house, household" (source of Greek domos, Latin domus; see domestic (adj.)).

The related Old English verb timbran, timbrian was the chief word for "to build" (compare Dutch timmeren, German zimmern). As a call of warning when a cut tree is about to fall, it is attested from 1912 in Canadian English. Timbers in the nautical slang sense (see shiver (v.2)) is from the specialized meaning "pieces of wood composing the frames of a ship's hull" (1748).

The timber-wolf (1846) of the U.S. West is the gray wolf, not confined to forests but so-called to distinguish it from the prairie-wolf (coyote).

timber 英文释义

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"

timber 同义词解析

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。

timber 双语例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A natural timber deck leads into the main room of the home.

有一个天然的木制平台通到房子的客厅。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Half of the north-west's timber land is public property.

西北部的一半林地是公共财产。

来自柯林斯例句

4. It wants timber to come, where possible, from sustainably managed sources.

其要求木材尽可能来自可持续发展林。

来自柯林斯例句

5. They have been bartering wheat for cotton and timber.

他们一直用小麦交换棉花和木材。

来自柯林斯例句

timber 实用场景例句

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a single-story timber building.

木质平房

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

栖息于屋顶横梁上的鸟

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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》