| 单词 | secondhand smoke |
| 释义 | > as lemmassecondhand smoke secondhand smoke n. the smoke from another person's cigarette, etc., esp. as inhaled involuntarily (particularly by a non-smoker); cf. passive smoke n. at passive adj. and n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1891 Cambr. City (Indiana) Tribune 15 Oct. 4/1 (heading) Secondhand smoke... It wasn't long before Ira declared that he got just as much enjoyment from his smoke at secondhand. 1896 Forest & Stream 9 May 377/3 As I do not smoke, the Judge would invariably inflict upon me a second-hand smoke by getting to windward of me. 1933 Los Angeles Times 8 Apr. ii. 8/2 She is..forgetful of the fact that the second-hand smoke really poisons the nonsmokers who have to inhale it. 2007 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 Mar. a15/2 They measured for levels of cotinine—a breakdown product of nicotine—which is a standard scientific test for gauging contact with second-hand smoke. < as lemmas |
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