单词 | smokable |
释义 | smokableadj.n. A. adj. 1. That may be smoked; fit or suitable for smoking. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [adjective] > smokable smokable1839 1839 R. M. Martin Statistics Colonies Brit. Empire 366 The smokeable extract which each quantity of opium contains. 1872 C. J. Lever Ld. Kilgobbin lii You'll..find it smokeable. 1879 G. A. Sala Paris herself Again I. iv. 51 Very smokable little weeds. 2. Able to be ridiculed. Cf. smoke v. 9. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [adjective] > able to be bantered quizzable1797 quizzible1816 smokable1818 1818 J. Keats Let. 31 Dec. (1958) II. 19 The Dress Maker, the blue Stocking and the most charming sentimentalist..are equally smokeable. B. n. plural. Things which may be smoked. Also in singular. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked smokable1849 1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 2 Bills of fare of the various eatables, drinkables, and smokables, of which the author partook. 1890 Yacht Racing Cal. 185 It is exasperating..to have one's drinkables and smokeables sealed up. a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Autobiography (1924) I. 98 There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1818 |
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