the dried leaves of the tobacco plant that are used for making cigarettes, smoking in a pipe, etc. 烟叶;烟草 tobacco smoke 抽烟时冒出的烟 The government imposed a ban on tobacco advertising (= the advertising of cigarettes and all other forms of tobacco). 政府下令禁止做烟草广告。 Several different tobaccos are grown on the land. 这片土地上种植着几种不同的烟草。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strong
- stale
- pipe
- …
- chew
- smoke
- use
- …
- addiction
- consumption
- use
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Spanish tabaco; said to be from a Carib word denoting a tobacco pipe or from a Taino word for a primitive cigar, but perhaps from Arabic.