smoke
n
1 [U] visible (usu white, grey or black) vapour coming from sth that is burning 煙
smoke from factory chimneys 工廠煙囪冒出的煙
The room was full of cigarette smoke. 滿屋子都是香煙的煙霧.
2 [C]
(a) (usu sing 通常作單數) (infml 口) act or period of smoking tobacco 吸煙; 抽煙
They stopped work to have a smoke. 他們停下工作吸口煙.
I haven't had a smoke all day. 我一整天還沒抽過煙呢.
(b) (dated sl 舊, 俚) thing (esp a cigar or cigarette) to be smoked 煙(尤指雪茄或香煙)
Has anyone got any smokes? 哪位有煙?
3 (idm 習語) ,go up in `smoke
(a) be completely burnt 被燒光
The whole house went up in smoke in less than an hour. 整座房子不到一個小時就燒光了.
(b) (fig 比喻) result in failure; leave nothing of value behind 以失敗告終; 未剩下有價值的東西
When he crashed his car all his travel plans went up in smoke. 他把汽車撞壞了, 他的整個旅行計畫都吹了. (there is) ,no ,smoke with,out `fire (saying 諺) there is always some reason for a rumour 無火不生煙; 謠言也總是事出有因
He's denied having an affair with his secretary, but of course there's no smoke without fire. 他不承認和他秘書發生了關系, 但自是空穴來風嘍.
smoke v
1 [I]
(a) give off smoke or other visible vapour 冒煙; 冒氣
a smoking volcano 冒著煙的火山
smoking factory chimneys 冒著煙的工廠煙囪.
(b) (of a fire or fireplace) give off too much smoke (and send it out into the room instead of up the chimney) (指爐火或壁爐)出煙過多(未經煙囪排出而進入屋內)
This fireplace smokes (badly). 這個壁爐煙冒得(太)厲害.
2 [I, Tn] draw in smoke from burning tobacco or other substances through the mouth and let it out again; use cigarettes, etc in this way regularly 吸煙; 抽(香煙等): Do you smoke? 你抽煙嗎?
She has never smoked. 她從不吸煙.
He smokes a pipe. 他抽煙斗.
She smokes 20 (cigarettes) a day. 她一天抽20支(香煙).
3 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被動語態]
preserve (meat, fish, etc) with smoke (from wood fires) to give a special taste 用煙熏制(肉、 魚等)
smoked ham, salmon, mackerel, etc 熏火腿、 鮭、 鯖等.
4 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被動語態]
darken (esp glass) with smoke 熏黑(尤指玻璃)
He looked at the sun through a sheet of smoked glass. 他透過一片熏黑的玻璃觀看太陽.
fit smoked plastic lenses in spectacles 把煙色的塑料鏡片安在眼鏡上.
5 (idm 習語) put that in your pipe and smoke it => pipe1.
6 (phr v) smoke sb/sth out drive sb/sth out by means of smoke 將某人[某物]熏出
smoke out snakes from a hole 把蛇從洞中熏出
(fig 比喻) He was determined to smoke out the leaders of the gang, ie bring them out of hiding. 他決心要把匪首從躲藏處趕出來. smoke sth out fill sth with smoke 使某處充滿煙霧
Turn off that pan you're smoking the place out! 快把坐著鍋的爐子關上--你把這兒弄得都是煙.
?? 考研助記
人小small,不能吸煙smoke
?? 擴展釋義
*[sm?uk]n. 煙, 霧氣, 煙熏劑, 抽煙, 煙色vi. 吸煙, 冒煙, 彌漫vt. 以煙熏, 抽煙而導致...【醫】 煙, 煙塵相關詞組: like smoke smoke oneself ill go up in smoke