cig‧a‧rette S2 W3 / sɪɡəret $ sɪɡəret, sɪɡəret / 名词 [可数名词]

a thin tube of paper filled with finely cut tobacco that people smoke  →  cigar :  

a packet of cigarettes

COLLOCATIONS

短语

a packet of cigarettes British English , a pack of cigarettes American English How much does a packet of cigarettes cost?

动词

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.

形容词

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 packet British English , a cigarette pack American English 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 )