Built with a frame of heavy wooden beams — or, more often in the way people actually use the word, having those beams visible on the outside of the building. The picture almost everyone has is the old English or German country house with dark beams crossing white walls: that is a 'half-timbered' house, and honestly 'half-timbered' is the phrase you will meet far more than plain 'timbered'. The 'half' means the beam frame is filled in between with something else — plaster, brick, mud and straw — so you see wood and wall in stripes.

Built with a frame of heavy wooden beams用厚重的木樑構成骨架蓋成的 or, more often in the way people actually use the word, having those beams visible on the outside of the building或者，照大家實際使用這個字的方式來說，是那些木樑露在建築物外面。 The picture almost everyone has is the old English or German country house with dark beams crossing white walls幾乎每個人腦中的畫面都是那種深色木樑交叉在白牆上的老式英國或德國鄉村房子： that is a 'half-timbered' house那就是『half-timbered（半木構造）』的房子， and honestly 'half-timbered' is the phrase you will meet far more than plain 'timbered'說實話，你會遇到『half-timbered』這個詞的機會，遠比單獨的『timbered』多。 The 'half' means the beam frame is filled in between with something else『half』的意思是木樑構成的骨架之間，是用別的東西填起來的—— plaster, brick, mud and straw灰泥、磚頭、泥巴混稻草—— so you see wood and wall in stripes所以你看到的是木頭跟牆面一條一條相間。

There is a second, quieter use that surprises people: land can be timbered, meaning it is covered with trees suitable for cutting into wood. 'A well-timbered valley' is a forestry phrase, not an architecture one. And in older writing 'heavily timbered' describes thick forest.

There is a second, quieter use that surprises people有第二種比較少見的用法，會讓人意外： land can be timbered土地也可以是timbered， meaning it is covered with trees suitable for cutting into wood意思是上面長滿適合砍來做木材的樹。 'A well-timbered valley' is a forestry phrase, not an architecture one『A well-timbered valley（林木茂密的山谷）』是林業用語，不是建築用語。 And in older writing 'heavily timbered' describes thick forest而在比較舊的寫法裡，『heavily timbered』用來形容茂密的森林。

Note that 'timber' itself is the British word for what Americans usually call 'lumber' — wood prepared for building.

Note that 'timber' itself is the British word for what Americans usually call 'lumber'要注意，『timber』這個字本身是英式說法，指的是美國人通常說的『lumber』—— wood prepared for building也就是準備好要拿來蓋房子的木材。