Timber



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.木材; ( 人) 品质
• ［英］ n.木材 ( wood suitable for carpentry) ; ( 人) 品质 ( personal qualification)
• ［类］ quarry : stone / fell : timber ( 采石采掘石头 / 伐木砍伐木头)
• ［例］ That young man has good timber in him. ( 那个年轻人素质好)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, building, wood; akin to Old High German zimbar wood, room, Greek demein to build, domos course of stones or bricks
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. growing trees or their wood
  • b. — used interjectionally to warn of a falling tree
• 2. wood suitable for building or for carpentry
• 3. material, stuff; especially a person or type of person qualified for a particular position or status <managerial timber>
• 4.
  • a. a large squared or dressed piece of wood ready for use or forming part of a structure
  • b. British lumber 2a
  • c. a curving frame branching outward from the keel of a ship and bending upward in a vertical direction that is usually composed of several pieces united ; rib
• ? timber adjective

II. transitive verb (timbered; timbering)

• Date: before 12th century
• to frame, cover, or support with timbers

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