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单词 chain-smoke
释义

chain-smoke

[ cheyn-smohk ]
/ ˈtʃeɪnˌsmoʊk /

verb (used with or without object), chain-smoked, chain-smoking.

to smoke continually, as by lighting one cigarette, cigar, etc., from the preceding one.

Origin of chain-smoke

First recorded in 1930–35

OTHER WORDS FROM chain-smoke

chain smoker, chain-smoker, noun

Words nearby chain-smoke

chain reflex, chain rule, chain saw, chain shot, chainsman, chain-smoke, chain smoker, chainstitch, chain store, chain wale, chainwheel
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Example sentences from the Web for chain-smoke

  • The kind of place where lines of long-haul coach buses idle in the parking lot while the drivers cat-nap or chain-smoke.

    Half of This Bar Is in Slovenia, the Other Half Is in Croatia|Jeff Campagna|January 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • They carry their baguettes, down their wine, and chain-smoke their cigarettes, yet they don't seem to ever put on a pound.

    French Women Don't Get Facelifts|Erin Cunningham|December 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • Dice cracks a window so he can chain-smoke Marlboro Lights, using a glass of water as an ashtray.

    Andrew Dice Clay on ‘Blue Jasmine,’ His Alleged Misogyny, and More|Marlow Stern|July 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for chain-smoke

chain-smoke

verb

to smoke (cigarettes, etc) continually, esp lighting one from the preceding one

Derived forms of chain-smoke

chain smoker, noun
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