timber
/ˈtɪmbə(r)/noun
mass noun
1- wood prepared for use in building and carpentry木材; 原木：
the exploitation of forests for timber
为获取木材而对森林进行的砍伐
as modifier a small timber building.小型木建筑。
1.1
- trees grown for such wood（用作木材的）树木, 林木：
contracts to cut timber.
林木砍伐合同。
1.2
- （一般作timbers）a wooden beam or board used in building a house or ship（造屋或造船用的）大木料, 栋木。
1.3
- 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：
we cried 'Timber!' as our tree fell.
树要倒下时我们嚷道：“让开！”
1.4
- usu. with adj. chiefly US personal qualities or character, especially as seen as suitable for a particular role〈主美〉（尤指人适于某角色的）素质; 性格; 才干：
she is frequently hailed as presidential timber.
她常被赞为是块当总统的料。
词源
Old English in the sense 'a building'， also 'building material'， of Germanic origin; related to German Zimmer 'room'， from an Indo-European root meaning 'build'.