- (also cigarette lighter)
a small device that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes, etc. 打火机 He flicked his lighter but it didn’t catch. 他打了一下打火机但没有打着。 She pulled out a small silver lighter from her bag. 她从包里掏出一只小巧的银质打火机。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cigarette
- butane
- gas
- …
- flick
- pull out
a boat with a flat bottom used for carrying goods to and from ships in harbour 驳船
Word Originsense 2 late Middle English: from light (in the sense ‘unload’), or from Middle Low German luchter.