单词 | timber |
释义 | timber (tɪmbəʳ ) Word forms: timbers 1. uncountable noun 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. ...a single-story timber building. Synonyms: wood, logs 2. countable noun [usually plural] The timbers of a ship or house are the large pieces of wood that have been used to build it. ...a bird nestling in the timbers of the roof. Synonyms: beams, boards, planks Collocations: illegal timber People should be able to buy goods without the risk that they've been made from illegal timber. Times, Sunday Times Seventy tonnes of illegal timber was also seized from the vessel. Times, Sunday Times Environmental crimes like poaching and illegal timber smuggling were generally not treated as national security issues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Major threats to some protected areas are grazing all year around, poaching for high value products, illegal timber harvesting and unsustainable tourism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Illegal timber extraction plays a significant role in deforestation and habitat degradation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The timber construction lends itself to a more unconventional layout and a labyrinth of rooms flows from one to another on different levels. Times, Sunday Times It was of timber construction and the platforms were only about a single carriage length long. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In common with the other stations on this line, the platforms and buildings were of timber construction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A stone building replaced the timber construction and stood approximately 25ft m high and 25 feet wide. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This early castle was most likely of timber construction, and was rebuilt in stone towards the end of the century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Timber exports, by contrast, represented only about 5% of export revenues in 2000. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At that time, the company was engaged in logging and timber exports in addition to its core rice milling and saw milling business. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not only cocoa production but even diamonds and timber exports had dropped dramatically. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the 1880s the company was making more money from timber felling and timber exports than from farming. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government later extended the list and imposed high duties on other species, planning to phase out log and air-dried timber exports altogether by 1994. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We would normally see a defect of this nature in a timber structure. Times,Sunday Times Witnesses heard four large blasts before the timber structure was engulfed in flames. Times, Sunday Times A wooden summerhouse will need a level, stable, slightly raised platform to support the timber structure and protect it from damp. Times, Sunday Times A modern steel and timber structure was designed but was only one third completed with available funding and the actual hall part was never built. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The stone structure was demolished in the 1950s and was replaced with the simple timber structure with tiled canopy we see today. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 木材 Japanese: 材木 |
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