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单词 cigar
释义

cigar

/sɪˈɡɑː /
noun
A cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking.They smoke pipes, whereas Bertie Wooster and his friends smoke cigars or cigarettes....
  • The smoke from their cigars burned the inside of her nose as she quickly walked past them.
  • Some cigarette smokers, particularly men, switch to smoking cigars or pipes as a means of giving up cigarettes.

Phrases

close but no cigar

Origin

Early 18th century: from French cigare, or from Spanish cigarro, probably from Mayan sik'ar 'smoking'.

  • Cigar is from French cigare, or from Spanish cigarro, probably from Mayan sik'ar ‘smoking’. Mid 19th-century cigarette ‘little cigar’ was also adopted from French. The abbreviation ciggy dates from the 1960s.

Rhymes

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