/'tɪmbə(r); `tɪmbɚ/
n
1 (US lumber) [U] wood prepared for use in building or carpentry （建筑或木工用的）木材, 木料
*dressed timber, ie sawn, shaped and planed ready for use 刨好的木材
* [attrib 作定语] a `timber-merchant 木材商
* a `timber-yard, ie where timber is stored, bought and sold, etc 木材场.
2 [U] trees suitable for this 用材林
*standing (ie growing) timber 未伐的树木
* cut down/fell timber 伐木
* put a hundred acres of land under timber, ie plant it with trees 种植一百英亩用材林.
3 [C] piece of wood, esp a beam, used in constructing a house or ship （造房屋或船用的）木料, （尤指）大梁
*roof/floor timbers 房檩[地板龙骨].

interj (used as a warning that a tree is about to fall after being cut 伐木工在树木将倒时示警的呼喊声).

n
[Language: Old English;Origin:'building, wood']
[U]BrE
wood used for building or making things
American Equivalent: lumber
　a bench made of timber
[U]
trees that produce wood used for building or making things
　the timber trade
[C]
a wooden beam, especially one that forms part of the main structure of a house
timber!
spoken used to warn people that a tree being cut down is about to fall