a thin tube of paper filled with tobacco, for smoking 香烟;纸烟;卷烟 to smoke/have a cigarette 吸烟/抽烟 a decrease in cigarette smoking 吸烟的减少 - (British English)
a packet of cigarettes 一包香烟 - (especially North American English)
a pack of cigarettes 一盒香烟 to light a cigarette 点燃一支香烟 the smell of cigarette smoke 香烟的味道 There were three cigarette butts in the ashtray. 烟灰缸里有三个烟头。 The man stubbed out his cigarette and lit a new one. 那人掐灭了香烟,点燃了一根新的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesa2A cigarette dangled from his lips. 他叼着一支烟。 He accidentally dropped a lighted cigarette on the chair. 他无意中把一支燃着的香烟掉到了椅子上。 He drew on his cigarette and waited for the train. 他抽上烟,等着火车。 He was sitting on the bench taking a cigarette break. 他坐在长椅上抽根烟休息一会儿。 He'd bummed a cigarette from someone. 他问别人讨了一支烟。 Please extinguish all cigarettes now. 现在请熄灭所有的烟。 Posters advertising cigarettes have to carry government health warnings. 刊登香烟广告的海报必须附有政府的健康警告。 She rolls her own cigarettes. 她自己卷烟抽。 She slipped outside for an illicit cigarette. 她溜出去偷偷吸了一支违禁烟。 She smokes a pack/packet of cigarettes a day. 她一天抽一包香烟。 The cigarette burned slowly in the ashtray. 香烟在烟灰缸里慢慢燃烧。 The cigarettes glowed in the dark. 香烟在黑暗中发着红光。 The old man flicked his cigarette onto the roadside. 那位老人把他的香烟弹到路旁。 carelessly throwing a lighted cigarette in the litter bin 随意把未灭的香烟扔进垃圾桶 the smell of stale cigarette smoke 难闻的烟味
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lighted
- lit
- unlit
- …
- pack
- packet
- carton
- …
- smoke
- draw on
- pull on
- …
- burn
- glow
- dangle
- …
- ash
- smoke
- butt
- …
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, diminutive of cigare, probably from Mayan sik'ar ‘smoking’. Mayan is a language spoken in parts of Mexico and Central America.