a roll of dried tobacco leaves that people smoke, like a cigarette but bigger and without paper around it 雪茄烟 cigar smoke 雪茄烟雾
Extra ExamplesHe paused and drew on his cigar. 他停下来抽他的雪茄。 Her thin cigar burned quite quickly. 她的细雪茄燃得很快。 His cigar glowed in the darkened room. 他的雪茄在暗下来的房间里闪着红光。 They left the men to their port and cigars. 她们让那些男人自己吸烟喝酒。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fat
- expensive
- cheap
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- box
- smoke
- draw on
- pull on
- …
- burn
- glow
- ash
- smoke
- butt
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Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French cigare, or from Spanish cigarro, probably from Mayan sik'ar ‘smoking’. Mayan is a language spoken in parts of Mexico and Central America.
Idioms
close, but no cigar
- (informal)
used to tell somebody that their attempt or guess was almost but not quite successful Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2, Difficulty and failurec2很接近,但还是输了;猜得差不多,但不完全对