| 释义 |
stompie S. Afr. slang.|ˈstɒmpɪ|
[a. Afrikaans, dim. of stomp stump n.1]
A cigarette butt; also, a partially-smoked cigarette, esp. one stubbed out and kept for relighting later.
1947L. Abrahams in B. Sachs H. C. Bosman: S. Afr. Opinion—Trek Anthol. (1971) 235 He stubbed out the stompie on the kerb. Pushing it into his pocket, he came over. 1959J. Meiring Candle in Wind ii. 32 She pulled a stompie out of her pocket and lighted it. 1969A. Fugard Boesman & Lena 37 The whiteman stopped the bulldozer and smoked a cigarette... He threw me the stompie. 1981A. Paton Towards Mountain v. 34 The smell [of tobacco smoke] was made worse by his habit of keeping stompies in his pockets, a stompie being a cigarette not fully smoked, then stubbed out, and stored away for future use. |