
smoking
词源
源自中古英语'smoken',与古英语'smocian'(冒烟)相关,最终源自原始日耳曼语词根,与烟或蒸汽的产生有关。
noun
❶ 指吸入和呼出烟草或其他物质燃烧产生的烟雾的行为,通常指吸烟。这种行为可能对健康有害,并可能导致成瘾。
“Smoking is prohibited in this area.”
(此区域禁止吸烟。)
“He quit smoking last year for health reasons.”
(他去年因健康原因戒烟了。)
❶ 指通过烟熏或熏制的方式处理食物,使其具有特殊的风味或延长保存时间。
“Smoking meat is a traditional method of preservation.”
(熏制肉类是一种传统的保存方法。)
“They are smoking salmon for the party.”
(他们正在为聚会熏制三文鱼。)
adjective
❶ 形容某物正在燃烧或冒烟的状态,或指与吸烟相关的。
“The smoking ruins of the building were still hot.”
(建筑物冒烟的废墟仍然很热。)
“He threw the smoking cigarette butt into the ashtray.”
(他把冒烟的烟头扔进了烟灰缸。)
常见短语
no smoking — 表示禁止吸烟的标志或规定,常见于公共场所或交通工具上。
“There's a 'no smoking' sign in the restaurant.”
(餐厅里有'禁止吸烟'的标志。)
smoking gun — 指确凿的证据或决定性的线索,通常用于犯罪调查或争议中。
“The leaked documents were the smoking gun in the investigation.”
(泄露的文件是调查中的确凿证据。)