| 释义 |
‖ kretek|ˈkrɛtɛk|
[Indonesian keréték.]
In Java, a cigarette containing cloves.
1958H. Forster Flowering Lotus i. 6 These were the famous kretek cigarettes, in which the tobacco is mixed with cloves; their crackling gives the cigarettes their name. 1966Economist 16 Apr. 235/2 A packet of kretek, the clove cigarette smoked by most people, costs almost as much. 1973Times 27 Dec. 10 It also turns out that although Kawung smoking is in general associated with low socio⁓economic status, and that low status itself affects development of the disease, the relatively small numbers of patients with higher socio-economic status who smoke these cigarettes are also adversely affected, compared with patients of the same status who smoke Kretek or Western cigarettes. |