wood prepared for use in building and carpentry
木材;原木
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the exploitation of forests for timber 为获取木材而对森林进行的砍伐
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[as modifier]
a small timber building .小型木建筑。
trees grown for such wood
(用作木材的)树木,林木
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contracts to cut timber .林木砍伐合同。
(一般作
(造屋或造船用的)大木料,栋木。
[as exclamation]used to warn that a tree is about to fall after being cut
(树木倒下前的警告)倒啦;避开
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we cried ‘Timber!’ as our tree fell .树要倒下时我们嚷道:“让开!”
[usu. with adj.]
〈主美〉 (尤指人适于某角色的)素质;性格;才干
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she is frequently hailed as presidential timber .她常被赞为是块当总统的料。
"Old English in the sense ‘a building', also ‘building material', of Germanic origin; related to German