a packet of cigarettesBritish EnglishBrE, a pack of cigarettesAmerican EnglishAmE
How much does a packet of cigarettes cost?
verbs
smoke a cigarette
Some of the boys were smoking cigarettes.
light a cigarette
Will went outside and lit a cigarette.
roll a cigarette (=make your own cigarette using special paper)
It’s cheaper to roll your own cigarettes.
put out/stub out a cigarette (=stop it burning)
Kit stubbed out her cigarette in the fireplace.
extinguish a cigarette formal (=put out a cigarette)
The pilot said 'Please extinguish all cigarettes and fasten your seat belts.’
pull on/drag on/draw on a cigarette (=smoke a cigarette with deep breaths)
Ed was leaning out of the window and dragging on a cigarette.
adjectives
a lit/lighted/burning cigarette
Someone dropped a lit cigarette and started the fire.
a half-smoked cigarette (=that someone has not finished smoking)
There was a half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray.
cigarette + NOUN
cigarette smoke
The room was full of cigarette smoke.
cigarette smoking
Everyone knows that cigarette smoking is bad for you.
a cigarette lighter (=something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes)
Does anyone have a match or a cigarette lighter?
a cigarette packetBritish EnglishBrE, a cigarette packAmerican EnglishAmE
Her mother found an empty cigarette packet in her pocket.
cigarette advertising
All cigarette advertising has been banned.
a cigarette butt (also a cigarette end British English) (=the part that remains when you have finished smoking it)
The ashtray was full of old cigarette butts.
cigarette ash
She flicked her cigarette ash onto the ground.
a cigarette case (=a small case for carrying cigarettes in)
a cigarette holder (=a narrow tube for holding a cigarette when you smoke it)
Examples from the Corpus
cigarette• To put a kid like Delia in eight-hour isolation for accepting a cigarette from a friend is bizarre and outrageous.• When Madeleine offered him a cigarette, he hesitated, then took one.• If Clarence had lit a cigarette and that caused the explosion, then the Trust would be under no liability.• She was sitting on a grassy bank, leaningforward a little, a cigarette between her fingers, and she was speaking.• Mattie looked in confusion at Alice, watching her cooly smoking a cigarette.• The ashtray was full of cigarettebutts.• a pack of cigarettes• They shared the same cigarette and frolicked in the pool.• There was a silvercigarettelighter in the deskdrawer, he remembered, rarely used now that he'd almost given up.• When he'd done that he took the cigarette out of his mouth, tapped some ash off and studied the glowing end.
Origincigarette
(1800-1900)Frenchcigare“cigar”, from Spanishcigarro; → CIGAR
ADJECTIVE | ... OF CIGARETTES | VERB + CIGARETTE | CIGARETTE + VERB | CIGARETTE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤lighted, lit, unlit點着的香煙;未點着的香煙◇He accidentally dropped a lighted cigarette on the chair.他無意中把一支燃着的香煙掉到了椅子上。➤half-smoked抽了一半的香煙▸➤illicit違禁吸煙◇She slipped outside for an illicit cigarette.她溜出去偷偷吸了一支違禁煙。➤hand-rolled, low-tar, unfiltered手捲/低焦油/無過濾嘴兒的香煙▸➤clove, menthol丁香/薄荷捲煙➤marijuana大麻捲煙... OF CIGARETTES➤pack, packet (BrE) 一包香煙◇She smokes a pack / packet of cigarettes a day.她一天抽一包香煙。➤carton一條香煙➤case一盒香煙VERB + CIGARETTE➤smoke抽煙▸➤draw on, pull on, suck on吸煙◇He pulled on his cigarette and waited for the train.他邊吸煙邊等火車。➤light點燃香煙▸➤extinguish, put out, stub out熄滅/弄滅/掐滅香煙◇Please extinguish all cigarettes now.現在請熄滅所有的煙。➤roll捲煙◇She rolls her own cigarettes.她自己捲煙抽。➤flick, flick away彈掉香煙◇The old man flicked his cigarette onto the roadside.那位老人把他的香煙彈到路旁。➤bum討要香煙◇He'd bummed a cigarette from someone.他問別人討了一支煙。➤advertise給香煙做廣告◇Posters advertising cigarettes have to carry government health warnings.刊登香煙廣告的海報必須附有政府的健康警告。CIGARETTE + VERB➤burn香煙燃燒◇The cigarette burned slowly in the ashtray.香煙在煙灰缸裏慢慢燃燒。➤glow香煙發出火光◇The cigarettes glowed in the dark.香煙在黑暗中發着紅光。➤dangle, hang香煙懸着/吊着◇A cigarette dangled from his lips.他叼着一支煙。CIGARETTE + NOUN➤ash, smoke香煙灰;香煙霧◇the smell of stale cigarette smoke難聞的煙味➤butt, end (BrE) 煙蒂;煙頭▸➤case, packet, pack (especially NAmE) 香煙盒;煙盒▸➤holder, lighter香煙嘴兒;香煙打火機▸➤smoker吸煙者➤consumption, smoking, use香煙消費;吸煙▸➤burn香煙燙傷▸➤ad, advertising香煙廣告➤company, maker, manufacturer香煙公司;捲煙廠➤break用來吸煙的短暫休息時間◇He was sitting on the bench taking a cigarette break.他坐在長椅上抽根煙休息一會兒。➤tax煙草稅