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单词 smoke
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smoke

noun
 
/sməʊk/
/sməʊk/
Idioms
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  1.  
     [uncountable] the grey, white or black gas that is produced by something burning
    • cigarette/tobacco smoke
    • Plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from the area.
    • The explosion sent a huge cloud of smoke into the sky.
    • Clouds of thick black smoke billowed from the car's exhaust.
    • smoke from something His eyes were smarting from the smoke from the fire.
    • The smoke from their cigarettes curled upwards.
    • The majority of people who die in fires die of smoke inhalation.
    • Check your smoke detectors for dead batteries.
    • The witch disappeared in a puff of smoke.
    • I can definitely smell smoke.
    see also second-hand smoke
    Extra Examples
    • Blue smoke curled up from her cigarette.
    • Don't blow smoke in my face!
    • Hundreds of people die each year as a result of exposure to second-hand smoke.
    • I taught myself to blow smoke rings.
    • The club had a smoke machine and laser show.
    • When the smoke cleared we saw the extent of the damage.
    Topics The environmenta2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dense
    • heavy
    • thick
    • …
    … of smoke
    • cloud
    • column
    • haze
    • …
    verb + smoke
    • belch
    • belch out
    • blow
    • …
    smoke + verb
    • belch
    • billow
    • come
    • …
    smoke + noun
    • plume
    • ring
    • signal
    • …
    phrases
    • go up in smoke
    • full of smoke
    • thick with smoke
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
     [countable, usually singular] (informal) an act of smoking a cigarette
    • Are you coming outside for a smoke?
    • He's in the back garden having a smoke.
    Topics Social issuesb1
  3. the Smoke
    (also the big smoke)
     [singular] (British English, informal) London, or another large city
    4. Word OriginOld English smoca (noun), smocian (verb), from the Germanic base of smēocan ‘emit smoke’; related to Dutch smook and German Schmauch.
Idioms
blow smoke (up somebody’s ass)
  1. (North American English, taboo, slang) to try to trick somebody or lie to somebody, particularly by saying something is better than it really is
go up in smoke
  1. to be completely burnt
    • The whole house went up in smoke.
  2. if your plans, hopes, etc. go up in smoke, they fail completely
    • Hopes of an early end to the dispute have gone up in smoke.
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
(there is) no smoke without fire (British English)
(North American English where there’s smoke, there’s fire)
  1. (saying) if something bad is being said about somebody/something, it usually has some truth in it
smoke and mirrors
  1. the fact of hiding the truth with information that is not important or relevant
    • There's a lot of smoke and mirrors in the financing of this film.
a smoke-filled room
  1. (disapproving) a decision that people describe as being made in a smoke-filled room is made by a small group of people at a private meeting, rather than in an open and democratic way

smoke

verb
 
/sməʊk/
/sməʊk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they smoke
/sməʊk/
/sməʊk/
he / she / it smokes
/sməʊks/
/sməʊks/
past simple smoked
/sməʊkt/
/sməʊkt/
past participle smoked
/sməʊkt/
/sməʊkt/
-ing form smoking
/ˈsməʊkɪŋ/
/ˈsməʊkɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
     [transitive, intransitive] to take smoke from a cigarette, pipe, etc. into your mouth and let it out again
    • Do you mind if I smoke?
    • You see kids openly smoking in the streets.
    • smoke something He was smoking a large cigar.
    • How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
    • He was still smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
    • An old man smoking a pipe sat at a corner table.
    • to smoke marijuana/cannabis/pot
    Topics Social issuesa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • heavily
    • openly
    phrases
    • smoke like a chimney
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  2.  
     [intransitive] to use cigarettes, etc. in this way as a habit
    • Do you smoke?
    • She smokes heavily.
    • He smokes and drinks a lot.
    • I’ve never smoked.
    • You’re too young to smoke.
    • He smokes like a chimney (= a lot).
    see also chain-smokeTopics Social issuesa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • heavily
    • openly
    phrases
    • smoke like a chimney
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  3. [intransitive] to produce smoke
    • smoking factory chimneys
    • the smoking remains of burnt-out cars
    • This fireplace smokes badly (= sends smoke into the room instead of up the chimney).
  4. [transitive, usually passive] to preserve meat or fish by hanging it in smoke from wood fires to give it a special taste
    • be smoked The ham is cured, then lightly smoked.
    • smoked salmon
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • heavily
    • lightly
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    5. Word OriginOld English smoca (noun), smocian (verb), from the Germanic base of smēocan ‘emit smoke’; related to Dutch smook and German Schmauch.
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