| 释义 |
‖ chillum|ˈtʃɪləm|
[Hindī chilam.]
The part of the hookah containing the tobacco and charcoal balls; also applied loosely to the entire hookah, the act of smoking, and the ‘fill’ of tobacco.
1781J. Lindsay in Lives Lindsays III. (Y.), Dressing a hubble-bubble, per week at 3 chillums a day. 1828Kuzzilbash i. ii. (Y.), Every sound was hushed but..the occasional bubbling of my hookah, which had just been furnished with another chillum. 1839Thackeray Major Gahagan i, It was the bitterest chillum I ever smoked. |