To further protect the house from hurricane damage, Huff raised it 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings.

为了进一步保护房子不受飓风的破坏，哈夫用木桩将它抬高了2.7米。

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Huff raised it 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings—long, slender columns of wood anchored deep in the sand.

Huff 用木桩将它抬高了2.7米，这条木桩又长又细，深深固定在沙子里。

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Early Tuesday morning their work paid off when McDonald spotted the curved timber of the ship poking through the soil and mud.

星期二的凌晨，当麦克唐纳通过土壤和泥浆发现了船浆的弯曲木材的时候，他们的工作才算取得了回报。

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Since then, despite strong demand for lumber from the U.S. construction industry, Timber Group shares are off 3% --even as the parent's stock climbed 37% .

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Among the largest underlying components of WOOD, in trading today Rayonier Incorporated ( RYN) is off about 0.1%, and Plum Creek Timber Company Incorporated ( PCL) is lower by about 2%.

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While the foundations were being dug, a steel-and-timber-framed shell of the house was built off-site.

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