smoke 1 S3 W3 / sməʊk $ smoʊk / 名词 #

1 [不可数名词] white, grey, or black gas that is produced by something burning :

clouds of black smoke

cigarette smoke

Smoke from burning fields drifted across nearby roads.

the pall of smoke (= thick cloud of smoke ) that hung over the city

wisp/puff of smoke (= a small amount of smoke )

Rangers watched from their fire towers for any wisps of smoke.

2 [可数名词，通常单数] an act of smoking a cigarette etc :

He went outside for a quiet smoke.

3 go up in smoke

a) if something goes up in smoke, it burns so that it is completely destroyed :

The whole factory went up in smoke.

b) informal if a plan or some work goes up in smoke, it fails or you cannot continue with it :

We haven’t worked this long just to see everything go up in smoke.

4 [可数名词] spoken a cigarette or drugs that are smoked :

Where are the smokes, Jeff?

5 there’s no smoke without fire ( also where there’s smoke there’s fire ) spoken used to say that if something bad is being said about someone, it is probably partly true

6 when the smoke clears when things have stopped happening and the results can be clearly seen :

When the smoke clears, I think you’ll find the company is in a stronger position.

7 the Smoke British English old-fashioned informal London or any large town or city

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + smoke

black/blue/white/grey smoke Black smoke poured out of the engine.

thick/dense smoke Thick smoke spread through the building.

acrid smoke (= smelling bad and making you cough ) The shop was full of thick, acrid smoke.

cigarette/cigar/tobacco smoke The air was thick with cigarette smoke.

wood smoke I love the scent of wood smoke.

短语

a cloud of smoke (= a large amount ) He lit a cigarette and blew out a cloud of smoke.

a billow of smoke (= a large amount of smoke from a fire ) The green, fresh leaves will burn slowly, with billows of smoke.

a pall of smoke (= a thick cloud of smoke hanging over something ) A thick pall of smoke hung over Cape Town.

a column/plume of smoke He could see a thin black column of smoke rising vertically into the sky.

a puff of smoke (= a small amount that comes quickly from something ) There was a puff of white smoke from the man’s gun.

a wisp of smoke (= a thin amount of smoke ) Only a few wisps of smoke rose here and there.

动词

smoke rises Smoke was rising from the top of the tower.

smoke billows (= large amounts come from a fire ) She noticed smoke billowing out of one of the bedrooms.

smoke drifts The cigarette smoke drifted away on the breeze.

smoke curls Smoke curled from cooking fires next to a group of tents.

smoke clears (= disappears ) The kitchen door was still open, and inside the smoke was clearing.

belch (out) smoke (= send out large amounts of smoke ) The factories belch smoke.

moke 2 S2 W2 verb #

1 [不及物和及物动词] to suck or breathe in smoke from a cigarette, pipe etc or to do this regularly as a habit :
I don’t smoke and I don’t drink much. Do you mind if I smoke? He sat on the grass smoking a cigarette. He admitted that he had smoked marijuana when he was a student. 2 [不及物动词] if something smokes, it has smoke coming from it :
a smoking chimney 3 [及物动词] to give fish or meat a special taste by hanging it in smoke

smoke somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb 1 to fill a place with smoke in order to force someone or something to come out :
He smoked the bees out of their nest. 2 to discover who is causing a particular problem and force them to make themselves known :
an operation to smoke out double agents