A half-timbered house is usually an old one whose wooden frame shows on the outside walls — dark beams in a pattern, with plaster or brick filling the spaces in between. You see this a lot on old European streets, especially the Tudor look in England: the wood is the skeleton, and it is meant to be seen.

A half-timbered house is usually an old onehalf-timbered房子通常是一種老房子，whose wooden frame shows on the outside walls木頭骨架會露在外牆上——dark beams in a pattern深色的樑木排出圖案，with plaster or brick filling the spaces in between中間的空隙用灰泥或磚頭填滿。You see this a lot on old European streets你在歐洲的老街上常常看到這種房子，especially the Tudor look in England尤其是英格蘭都鐸式的風格：the wood is the skeleton木頭就是骨架，and it is meant to be seen而且是故意讓人看到的

Though actually, the “half” does not mean the house is fifty percent wood, like a recipe. It means the building is not timber all the way through. The timber is the frame; the rest of the wall is filled with something else.

Though actually不過其實，the "half" does not mean the house is fifty percent wood這個「half」不是說房子有百分之五十是木頭，like a recipe像食譜一樣算比例。It means the building is not timber all the way through它的意思是這棟建築不是從頭到尾都是木頭。The timber is the frame木頭是骨架；the rest of the wall is filled with something else牆壁的其他部分則填了別的材料

So half-timbered is “partly timber,” not “exactly half.” People use it in travel writing and when they talk about old buildings. You would not call a modern concrete apartment half-timbered just because it has a wooden balcony.

So half-timbered is "partly timber,"所以half-timbered是「部分是木頭」，not "exactly half."不是「剛好一半」。People use it in travel writing and when they talk about old buildings大家會在旅遊寫作，還有談到老建築時用這個詞。just because it has a wooden balcony只因為它有個木頭陽台，You would not call a modern concrete apartment half-timbered你不會叫一棟現代混凝土公寓half-timbered