1[uncountableU]DBURN white, grey, or black gas that is produced by something burning 〔燃烧产生的〕烟
clouds of black smoke
团团黑烟
cigarette smoke
香烟的烟雾
Smoke from burning fields drifted across nearby roads.
地里燃烧产生的烟雾飘到了附近的公路上。
the pall of smoke (=thick cloud of smoke) that hung over the city
笼罩在城市上空的浓烟
nwisp/puff of smoke (=a small amount of smoke)
nRangers watched from their fire towers for any wisps of smoke.
2[countableC usually singular]SMOKE an act of smoking a cigarette etc 抽(一支)烟
He went outside for a quiet smoke.
他到外面去静静地吸一支烟。
3go up in smoke
a)if something goes up in smoke, it burns so that it is completely destroyed 彻底焚毁,烧光
The whole factory went up in smoke.
整座工厂付之一炬。
b)informalFAIL if a plan or some work goes up in smoke, it fails or you cannot continue with it 〔计划等〕化为泡影,化为乌有
We haven’t worked this long just to see everything go up in smoke.
我们干了这么长时间,可不想看到一切都化为乌有。
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go up in smoke• After Warrington they've got to be careful or we might be blown up in smoke.• For the yardsowner, it was 25 years of work up in smoke.• That's well over £5,000 up in smoke - or, to be exact, an average £44.66 a month.• If so, what happens when Buckingham Palace, Sandringham or Balmoral go up in smoke?• Before she could throw the water into the wastepaper basket, the reports had gone up in smoke.• Its mosquewent up in smoke.• Three hundred tons of freshly harvestedhay and strawwent up in smoke.• Such deliberation, while the youth of Britain were liable to go up in smoke, outraged many.
4[countableC] spokenDFTMDDSMOKE a cigarette or drugs that are smoked 〔抽的〕香烟;〔吸的〕毒品
Where are the smokes, Jeff?
杰夫,香烟在哪儿?
5.there’s no smoke without fire (also where there’s smoke there’s fire) spokenTRUERUMOUR/RUMOR used to say that if something bad is being said about someone, it is probably partly true 无火不冒烟;无风不起浪;事出必有因
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there’s no smoke without fire• And if you believethere's no smoke without fire, Sean Young must be a toweringinferno.• But there's no smoke without fire.
6when the smoke clearswhen things have stoppedhappening and the results can be clearly seen 待到烟消云散时
When the smoke clears, I think you'll find the company is in a stronger position.
等到这一切都过去以后,我想你会发现公司将更加强大。
7.the SmokeBritish EnglishBrETOWN old-fashioned informalLondon or any large town or city 〔伦敦之类的〕大城市
wisp/puff of smoke• And yesterday the reaction from most was to blow a puff of smoke into the law's face.• A true old devil, Manson vanishes in a puff of smoke.• Breaths of flame and puffs of smokeleaping from the surroundinghillsides.• One wisp of smoke will not yearn for another.• There are no obvioussigns of engine wear though a small puff of smokeexhausts following a warm start.• We aimed at the puffs of smoke we saw rising in front and on the left of us.• Now and again there was a tinypuff of smoke and the smack of a hand-grenade or a burst of machine-gun fire.• Below, almost straight ahead, white puffs of smoke opened up in the paddies just outside the village.
smoke• Anyone who smokes 40 a day can expect to have a lot of health problems.• Do you smoke?• How old were you when you started smoking?• Sue never smoked a cigarette in her life, yet she still got lungcancer.• Greg sat alone, smoking a cigarette.• She walked back to the emptystation and leaned against the wall, smoking a cigarette.• He sat behind his desk, smoking a fatcigar.• Dana started smoking again when her husband left her.• When you turned the machine on, the plastic started smoking and created an unpleasantodor.• He smokes cigarettes and speeds around on his motorbike with his friends.• She was smoking for twenty-five years.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF SMOKE | VERB + SMOKE | SMOKE + VERB | SMOKE + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤dense, heavy, thick濃煙▸➤black, blue, grey/gray, white, etc.黑煙、藍煙、灰煙、白煙等▸➤billowing滾滾濃煙▸➤acrid, choking刺鼻的煙;令人窒息的煙➤stale污濁的煙◇the smell of stale cigarette smoke on your clothes你衣服上污濁的煙味➤wood柴煙▸➤cigar, cigarette, pipe, tobacco雪茄/香煙/煙斗/煙草的煙霧➤second-hand二手煙霧◇Hundreds of people die each year as a result of exposure to second-hand smoke (= smoke from other people's cigarettes, cigars, etc.).每年有數百人死於吸二手煙。... OF SMOKE➤cloud, column, haze, pall, plume, puff, spiral, wisp一團煙;一柱煙;一層煙霧;一股煙;一縷煙◇We sat drinking in a haze of cigarette smoke.我們坐在一片香煙煙霧中喝着酒。◇The witch disappeared in a puff of smoke.女巫消失在一縷青煙中。VERB + SMOKE➤belch, belch out, blow, emit噴煙;冒煙◇The car ahead was belching out black smoke.前面的小汽車冒着黑煙。◇Don't blow smoke in my face!別朝我臉上噴煙!➤exhale, inhale吐出/吸入煙霧▸➤be wreathed in籠罩在煙霧中◇She sat there wreathed in cigarette smoke.她坐在那裏,周圍香煙煙霧繚繞。SMOKE + VERB➤belch, billow, come, curl, drift, pour, rise煙噴出;煙冒出;煙滾滾;煙繚繞;煙湧入;煙升起◇Blue smoke curled up from her cigarette.一縷藍煙從她的香煙上裊裊升起。◇Smoke rose into the sky.煙霧升上天空。➤fill sth煙霧充溢⋯▸➤hang煙霧籠罩◇A pall of yellow smoke hung over the quarry.採石場籠罩在一片黃色煙霧中。➤clear煙霧散盡◇When the smoke cleared we saw the extent of the damage.濃煙散盡後,我們才看到破壞的程度。SMOKE + NOUN➤plume, ring煙羽;煙圈◇I taught myself to blow smoke rings.我自己學會了吐煙圈。➤signal煙霧信號▸➤bomb, grenade煙霧彈▸➤alarm, detector煙霧報警器/探測器▸➤inhalation煙的吸入➤machine煙霧器◇The club had a smoke machine and laser show.俱樂部有煙霧器和激光表演。➤break (informal, especially NAmE) 吸煙休息時間◇I was taking a smoke break outside.我正在外面休息吸根煙。PHRASES➤go up in smoke被燒燬◇The barn went up in smoke.穀倉被付之一炬。➤full of smoke滿是濃煙▸➤thick with smoke煙霧瀰漫◇The bar was thick with stale tobacco smoke.那個酒吧煙霧瀰漫,空氣污濁。smoke
verb¹
1cigarette, pipe, etc.香煙;煙斗ADVERB | PHRASESADVERB➤heavily煙抽得很兇◇He has always smoked heavily.他煙癮一直很大。➤openly公開吸煙◇You see kids openly smoking in the streets.可以看見孩子們在街上明目張膽地吸煙。PHRASES➤smoke like a chimney (= smoke a lot)吸煙很多◇He smokes like a chimney.他總是在吞雲吐霧。smoke
verb²
2meat/fish/cheese肉;魚;奶酪ADVERB➤heavily透徹地熏製▸➤lightly稍作熏製◇The ham is cured, then lightly smoked.火腿醃一下,然後稍作熏製。
smoke ♦︎ fumes ♦︎ exhaust ♦︎ smogThese are all words for a type of gas which is poisonous and makes the air dirty.这些词均表示烟、烟雾、废气。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆toxic / poisonous smoke / fumes◆car / petrol / diesel fumes / exhaust◆to emit / produce / give off smoke / fumes◆to reduce smoke / smog◆smoke / exhaust emissions / pollution◆a cloud of smoke / fumes■smoke [uncountable] the grey, white or black gas that is produced by sth burning烟◆The room was thick with cigarette smoke.房间里弥漫着香烟的烟雾。◆Clouds of thick black smoke billowed from the car's exhaust.一股股黑色浓烟从汽车排气管冒出来。■fumes [plural] smoke, gas or sth similar that smells strongly or is dangerous to breathe in(浓烈或有害的)烟,气,汽◆Benzene is found in car exhaust fumes.汽车废气中发现含有苯。◆She was overcome by smoke and fumes.她被浓烟熏倒了。■exhaust ɪgˈzɔːst [uncountable] waste gases that come out of a vehicle, engine or machine(车辆、发动机或机器排出的)废气◆The proposals include new limits on car exhaust emissions.这些建议包括对汽车排放物的新限制。■smog [uncountable] a form of air pollution, especially in cities, that is or looks like a mixture of smoke and fog; a period of time when there is smog in the air烟雾(尤指城市中烟与雾混合的空气污染物);有烟雾的时间◆The city has had only limited success in reducing smog levels.该城市在减少烟雾水平方面收效甚微。ⓘ In British English smog can also be countable.在英式英语中,smog也可作可数名词◆ (BrE) Nowadays, smogs are very common in major cities.如今在大城市里烟雾是非常普遍的。 see also fog ⇨ cloud1