| 单词 | bottom timber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottom timber bottom timber n. (a) a timber which forms or supports the bottom of a structure; (b) U.S. timber growing in bottomlands (now rare or historical). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > lowest position > bottom or lowest part > specific basec1390 bottom boarda1589 bottom timber1651 baseplate1788 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood growing in specific place spring wood?1523 water-wood1600 bottom timber1834 1651 J. Wilson Let. 27 Oct. in Strength out of Weakness (1652) 18 Over the River (that is, Charles River) they have made a firme high foote-bridge archwise to walke to and fro, having heaped on the bottome tymbers huge stones, the more to fortifie it. 1834 J. M. Peck Gazetteer Illinois ii. 150 The bottom timber consists of oaks [etc.]. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxvi. 266 The ice had strained her bottom-timbers. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting ix. 150 How much better walking it is in this bottom-timber than in the woods of New England. 1995 C. E. Carter Caddo Indians xxi. 297 José Maria's men retreated down the ravine toward some bottom timber. 2011 M. Moseley When Sparrows Fall xvii. 186 In the thin strip of pewter gray sky between the bottom timber of the porch roof and the top of the trees, the stars were coming out. < as lemmas |
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