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单词 reefer
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(riːfəʳ)
Word forms: plural reefers
1. countable noun
A reefer or reefer coat is a short thick coat which is often worn by sailors.
[British]
2. countable noun
A reefer is a cigarette containing cannabis or marijuana.
[informal, old-fashioned]

reefer in British English 1

(ˈriːfə)
noun
1.  nautical
a person who reefs, such as a midshipman
2.  another name for reefing jacket
3.  slang
a hand-rolled cigarette, esp one containing cannabis
Word origin
C19: for sense 3: applied to the cigarette because of its resemblance to the rolledreef of a sail

reefer in British English 2

(ˈriːfə)
noun
a ship, lorry, or other form of transport designed to carry refrigerated cargo
Word origin
C20: shortened and adapted from refrigerator

reefer in American English

(ˈrifər)
noun
1. 
a person who reefs
2. 
a short, thick, double-breasted coat in the style of a seaman's jacket
3.  US, Slang
a marijuana cigarette
4.  US, Slang
a refrigerated freight car, truck, ship, etc.
Word origin
(sense 3) from the rolled appearance of a reef (of a sail); (sense 4) altered contr. of refrigerator

Examples of 'reefer' in a sentence
reefer

The singer was stroking the tip of her reefer with a match flame.
Clive Barker EVERVILLE (2001)
She plucked a spill of burning cardboard off the plate, and putting the reefer to her lips, lit it.
Clive Barker EVERVILLE (2001)
Cesar the prep cook had retreated to the reefer on Mrs. Paz's entry.
Michael Gruber TROPIC OF NIGHT (2001)
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