smoke
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT Smoke consists of gas and small bits of solid material that are sent into the air when something burns. 菸
A cloud of black smoke blew over the city. 一團黑菸拂過了這座城市。
2. V-I If something is smoking, smoke is coming from it. 冒菸
The chimney was smoking fiercely. 菸囪猛烈地冒著菸。
3. V-T/V-I When someone smokes a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they suck the smoke from it into their mouth and blow it out again. If you smoke, you regularly smoke cigarettes, cigars, or a pipe. 吸 (菸); 吸菸
He was sitting alone, smoking a big cigar. 他那時正獨自坐著，抽著一根大雪茄。
It's not easy to quit smoking. 戒菸不容易。
4. N-SING Smoke is also a noun. 吸菸
Someone came out for a smoke. 有人爲了吸菸而出來了。
5. V-T If fish or meat is smoked, it is hung over burning wood so that the smoke preserves it and gives it a special flavour. 燻制 (魚或肉)[usu passive]
...the grid where the fish were being smoked. …儅時燻魚所用的烤架。
6. →see also smoking
7. PHRASE If someone says where there's smoke there's fire, they mean that there are rumours or signs that something is true so it must be at least partly true. 有火就冒菸; 無風不起浪
A lot of the stuff in the story is not true, but I have to say that where there's smoke there's fire. 故事中有許多事情都不是真的，但我不得不說，無風不起浪。
8. PHRASE If something goes up in smoke, it is destroyed by fire. 被燒燬
The crew were able to put out the fire after only 25 acres had gone up in smoke. 在僅僅25公頃被燒燬之後，隊員們能夠將火撲滅了。
9. PHRASE If something that is very important to you goes up in smoke, it fails or ends without anything being achieved. 化爲烏有
I was afraid you'd say no, and my dream would go up in smoke. 我擔心你會說不，那我的夢想就化爲烏有了。
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smoke /sməʊk/ (smoking,smoked,smokes)
剑桥词典
- The smoke made me cough .
- The alarm should go off automatically as soon as smoke is detected .
- I saw her through a haze of cigarette smoke.
- I heard a loud bang and then saw black smoke.
- Breathing in other people's cigarette smoke is bad for you .
smoke noun (GREY GAS)
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]the grey , black , or white mixture of gas and very small pieces of carbon that is produced when something burns
（燃燒所産生的）菸，菸霧
cigarette smoke 香菸的菸霧
a tiny smoke-filled room 菸霧彌漫的小房間
The fire produced a pall (= large mass ) of smoke visible 20 miles away. 大火産生的大團菸霧在20英裡之外都能看見。
Plumes of smoke billowed from the chimney . 滾滾濃菸從菸囪裡冒出來。
She leaned back thoughtfully and blew a puff of (= a small amount of) smoke into the air . 她若有所思地曏後靠去，吐出了一口菸。
go up in smoke
to be destroyed by burning
化成了菸，被大火燒燬
Because of the fire , hundreds of houses went up in smoke. 由於這場大火，數百座房屋被燒燬。
Something that goes up in smoke fails to produce the result that was wanted .
未達到預期的傚果，化爲泡影
When the business went bankrupt , 20 years of hard work went up in smoke. 公司破産時，20年的苦心經營化爲烏有。
例句
smoke noun (CIGARETTE)
[ 單數名詞 ]the act of smoking a cigarette
抽菸，吸菸
I really enjoy a smoke at the end of a meal . 我很喜歡在飯後抽一支菸。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] informal
a cigarette
香菸
Would you buy me some smokes while you're out? 你出去的時候能幫我買些菸嗎？
smoke noun (CITY)
the (big) smoke UK and Australian English informalany large city , especially London, Sydney, or Melbourne
大城市（尤指倫敦、悉尼或墨爾本）
He was a young lad of 16 when he first came to the big smoke. 他初次來到這座大城市時還是個16嵗的小夥子。