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timber n.木材,木料 Timber can actually be the trees used to make or build something, or the wood that comes from those trees, which you could also call "lumber." You might think that when a pirate yells "shiver me timbers!" he's referring to his wooden peg leg. But the timbers he's talking about are actually the boards and planks used to build the frame of a ship. ★★☆☆☆ 2010.6

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['timbə] Timber! That's the call of warning you hear before a tree falls. That's because those lumberjacks are going to use the tree to make timber, otherwise known as "lumber" or the wood used for construction. Some species of tree have been read out of the party by economics-minded foresters because they grow too slowly, or have too low a sale vale to pay as timber crops. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]木材；原木；树木；林木 Timber is wood that is used for building houses and making furniture. You can also refer to trees that are grown for this purpose as timber . 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。...a single-story timber building.木质平房2[N-COUNT 可数名词](造船或建屋用的)栋木，大梁 The timbers of a ship or house are the large pieces of wood that have been used to build it.   [usu pl]...a bird nestling in the timbers of the roof.栖息于屋顶横梁上的鸟

英语单词	timber
英美音标	['timbə]
中文释义	n.木材,木料
vocab简明	Timber! That's the call of warning you hear before a tree falls. That's because those lumberjacks are going to use the tree to make timber, otherwise known as "lumber" or the wood used for construction.
vocab扩展	Timber can actually be the trees used to make or build something, or the wood that comes from those trees, which you could also call "lumber." You might think that when a pirate yells "shiver me timbers!" he's referring to his wooden peg leg. But the timbers he's talking about are actually the boards and planks used to build the frame of a ship.
真题原句	Some species of tree have been read out of the party by economics-minded foresters because they grow too slowly, or have too low a sale vale to pay as timber crops.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]木材；原木；树木；林木 Timber is wood that is used for building houses and making furniture. You can also refer to trees that are grown for this purpose as timber . 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。 ...a single-story timber building. 木质平房 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](造船或建屋用的)栋木，大梁 The timbers of a ship or house are the large pieces of wood that have been used to build it. [usu pl] ...a bird nestling in the timbers of the roof. 栖息于屋顶横梁上的鸟
来源	2010.6

Timber Wood Tree Build Call Make Timbə N.木材,木料