| 释义 |
nicotinenic‧o‧tine /ˈnɪkətiːn/ noun [uncountable]   nicotineOrigin: 1800-1900 Jean Nicot (1530-1604), French diplomat who first brought tobacco into France - At the moment it is fast becoming the nicotine of the nineties.
- Half were given plasters impregnated with nicotine which is slowly absorbed into the body.
- I remember once reading that the evangelist A. A. Allen had taught that there was a nicotine demon!
- In one of more recent vintage, a Philip Morris researcher compares nicotine to cocaine in terms of its addictive properties.
- The interior was still waiting for its first clean and the upholstery felt as if it had been textured in buff nicotine.
- The only other recreational drug used in this way is nicotine, which is also seldom used for outright intoxication.
- The room is full of smoke: nicotine has become the ambient atmosphere.
- This verbal combo is an oxymoron, of course, given all we know about the innately hazardous properties of nicotine.
► Tobaccoashtray, nounbaccy, nounbriar, nounbutt, nouncheroot, nouncigar, nouncigarette, nouncigarette butt, nouncigarette holder, nouncigarette lighter, nouncigarette paper, nounciggy, noundog-end, noundrag, nounfilter tip, nounlighter, nounmenthol, nounmentholated, adjectivenicotine, nounnicotine patch, nounnon-smoker, nounnon-smoking, adjectivepassive smoking, nounpipe, nounpipe cleaner, nounroll, verbroll-up, nounshag, nounsmoke, nounsmoking, nounsnuff, nounstem, nounstogie, nountab, nountar, nounwater pipe, noun NOUN► level· C., amid continued disagreement over how strictly the government could regulate nicotine levels in cigarettes. a substance in tobacco which makes it difficult for people to stop smoking |