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. 烟
A cloud of black smoke blew over the city. 一团黑烟拂过了这座城市。
2. V-I If something is smoking, smoke is coming from it. 冒烟
The chimney was smoking fiercely. 烟囱猛烈地冒着烟。
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 (烟); 吸烟
He was sitting alone, smoking a big cigar. 他那时正独自坐着，抽着一根大雪茄。
It's not easy to quit smoking. 戒烟不容易。
4. N-SING Smoke is also a noun. 吸烟
Someone came out for a smoke. 有人为了吸烟而出来了。
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. 熏制 (鱼或肉)[usu passive]
...the grid where the fish were being smoked. …当时熏鱼所用的烤架。
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. 有火就冒烟; 无风不起浪
A lot of the stuff in the story is not true, but I have to say that where there's smoke there's fire. 故事中有许多事情都不是真的，但我不得不说，无风不起浪。
8. PHRASE If something goes up in smoke, it is destroyed by fire. 被烧毁
The crew were able to put out the fire after only 25 acres had gone up in smoke. 在仅仅25公顷被烧毁之后，队员们能够将火扑灭了。
9. PHRASE If something that is very important to you goes up in smoke, it fails or ends without anything being achieved. 化为乌有
I was afraid you'd say no, and my dream would go up in smoke. 我担心你会说不，那我的梦想就化为乌有了。
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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)
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]the grey , black , or white mixture of gas and very small pieces of carbon that is produced when something burns
（燃烧所产生的）烟，烟雾
cigarette smoke 香烟的烟雾
a tiny smoke-filled room 烟雾弥漫的小房间
The fire produced a pall (= large mass ) of smoke visible 20 miles away. 大火产生的大团烟雾在20英里之外都能看见。
Plumes of smoke billowed from the chimney . 滚滚浓烟从烟囱里冒出来。
She leaned back thoughtfully and blew a puff of (= a small amount of) smoke into the air . 她若有所思地向后靠去，吐出了一口烟。
go up in smoke
to be destroyed by burning
化成了烟，被大火烧毁
Because of the fire , hundreds of houses went up in smoke. 由于这场大火，数百座房屋被烧毁。
Something that goes up in smoke fails to produce the result that was wanted .
未达到预期的效果，化为泡影
When the business went bankrupt , 20 years of hard work went up in smoke. 公司破产时，20年的苦心经营化为乌有。
例句
smoke noun (CIGARETTE)
[ 单数名词 ]the act of smoking a cigarette
抽烟，吸烟
I really enjoy a smoke at the end of a meal . 我很喜欢在饭后抽一支烟。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ] informal
a cigarette
香烟
Would you buy me some smokes while you're out? 你出去的时候能帮我买些烟吗？
smoke noun (CITY)
the (big) smoke UK and Australian English informalany large city , especially London, Sydney, or Melbourne
大城市（尤指伦敦、悉尼或墨尔本）
He was a young lad of 16 when he first came to the big smoke. 他初次来到这座大城市时还是个16岁的小伙子。