单词 | cigar |
释义 | cigarci‧gar /sɪˈɡɑː $ -ˈɡɑːr/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcigar ExamplesOrigin: 1700-1800 Spanish cigarro, probably from Mayan sik'ar ‘smoking’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS word sets
WORD SETS► Tobacco Collocationsashtray, nounbaccy, nounbriar, nounbutt, nouncheroot, nouncigar, nouncigarette, nouncigarette butt, nouncigarette holder, nouncigarette lighter, nouncigarette paper, nounciggy, noundog-end, noundrag, nounfilter tip, nounlighter, nounmenthol, nounmentholated, adjectivenicotine, nounnicotine patch, nounnon-smoker, nounnon-smoking, adjectivepassive smoking, nounpipe, nounpipe cleaner, nounroll, verbroll-up, nounshag, nounsmoke, nounsmoking, nounsnuff, nounstem, nounstogie, nountab, nountar, nounwater pipe, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cigarette/cigar/tobacco smoke a thick tube-shaped thing that people smoke, and which is made from tobacco leaves that have been rolled up → cigarette· The air was thick with cigarette smoke. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► big· Nigel was ostentatiously smoking a big cigar to give an illusion of poise.· Craig Bixby was unwrapping the big green vile-smelling cigar that always signaled the end of a meeting.· Ride up and down in a chauffeur-driven limousine, smoking big cigars.· An old slick. headed man who smoked great big black cigars.· But I've got the mobile phone, the furry coat and the big cigar. ► fat· He's a V-sign and a fat cigar!· The air was thick with the smells of fat imported cigars and the kind of champagne better worn than swallowed.· The first was a joke: I caught you smoking that fat cigar against doctor's orders.· He was puffing a fat cigar, the smoke concealing his facial features. ► small· Then she settled herself more comfortably into her chair, motioned Christina to take the one opposite and lit a small cigar.· When they were clear of the city's traffic, Colt eased himself back in the seat and lit a small cigar.· A small cigar in his mouth.· She was smoking a small cigar and sported a face that was a lot less elegant than the hat.· He declined the cigarette, he lit for himself a small cigar. NOUN► box· Careta reached under the sofa and took out a cigar box.· She took a cigar box from a cupboard, opened it and displayed a number of sticks of greasepaint.· Made a plane out of a cigar box for his fifth-grade teacher.· Stella and he had found them stuffed into old cigar boxes and plastic shopping bags scattered in different places around the house. ► smoke· My father went back to stirring the soup, which I could smell now above the cigar smoke.· Hicks brushed aside the blue haze of his cigar and felt suddenly that he was trying to dispel more than cigar smoke.· When the door opened a great smell of sweat and leather and stale cigar smoke rushed into the cold night air.· That relatively small room appeared to be a forest of black dinner jackets, grey hair and cigar smoke.· All he got in return was a blank stare and a cloud of fresh cigar smoke.· Not another word, a sigh, no raised eyebrow or even an impatient puff of cigar smoke.· She sobbed into his cashmere overcoat, smelling the peculiar odour of him, Old Spice and cigar smoke.· The atmosphere was electric with anticipation and unbreathable with cigar smoke. ► smoker· Of male pipe and cigar smokers, nearly three quarters are ex-cigarette smokers.· Real cigar smokers are getting screwed.· In comparison, the risk for pipe and cigar smokers was only up to 10% higher than nonsmokers.· Why are cigar smokers cool and cigarette smokers scum?· Both are New Yorkers, and obviously a couple of old cigar smokers.· Historical notes profile lady cigar smokers dating back to the 1600s.· Yes, mortality rates among cigarette smokers are way higher than among cigar smokers. VERB► light· He lit one of the cigars which he smoked nonstop and blew rich smoke upwards.· In the fresh air I light my first cigar of the day, and break the match before I drop it.· He shouldn't be lighting a cigar.· His own father would lie down after dinner, light a cigar, and listen to classical music.· In a sullen silence he lit a cigar and helped himself to a stiff measure of brandy.· Hill lit his first cigar of the afternoon and thought how popular his investigation should be.· He shifted in his seat, half at his ease, and lit a cigar. ► puff· Regan gazed abstractedly up at the ceiling, puffing away at his cigar.· Trumka just looked at me and puffed his cigar.· He was puffing a fat cigar, the smoke concealing his facial features. |
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