smoke /sməʊk/ CET4 TEM4 ( smoking, smoked, smokes )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Smoke consists of gas and small bits of solid material that are sent into the air when something burns. 烟

  例：

  A cloud of black smoke blew over the city.

  一团黑烟拂过了这座城市。

• 2. 

  V-I If something is smoking, smoke is coming from it. 冒烟

  例：

  The chimney was smoking fiercely.

  烟囱猛烈地冒着烟。

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I When someone smokes a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they suck the smoke from it into their mouth and blow it out again. If you smoke, you regularly smoke cigarettes, cigars, or a pipe. 吸 (烟); 吸烟

  例：

  He was sitting alone, smoking a big cigar.

  他那时正独自坐着，抽着一根大雪茄。

  例：

  It's not easy to quit smoking.

  戒烟不容易。

• 4. 

  N-SING Smoke is also a noun. 吸烟

  例：

  Someone came out for a smoke.

  有人为了吸烟而出来了。

• 5. 

  V-T If fish or meat is smoked, it is hung over burning wood so that the smoke preserves it and gives it a special flavour. 熏制 (鱼或肉) [usu passive]

  例：

  ...the grid where the fish were being smoked.

  …当时熏鱼所用的烤架。

• 6. 

  → see also smoking

• 7. 

  PHRASE If someone says where there's smoke there's fire, they mean that there are rumours or signs that something is true so it must be at least partly true. 有火就冒烟; 无风不起浪

  例：

  A lot of the stuff in the story is not true, but I have to say that where there's smoke there's fire.

  故事中有许多事情都不是真的，但我不得不说，无风不起浪。

• 8. 

  PHRASE If something goes up in smoke, it is destroyed by fire. 被烧毁

  例：

  The crew were able to put out the fire after only 25 acres had gone up in smoke.

  在仅仅25公顷被烧毁之后，队员们能够将火扑灭了。

• 9. 

  PHRASE If something that is very important to you goes up in smoke, it fails or ends without anything being achieved. 化为乌有

  例：

  I was afraid you'd say no, and my dream would go up in smoke.

  我担心你会说不，那我的梦想就化为乌有了。