cigarette

noun

/ˌsɪɡəˈret/

/ˈsɪɡəret/

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a thin tube of paper filled with tobacco, for smoking
- to smoke/have a cigarette
- a decrease in cigarette smoking
- (British English) a packet of cigarettes
- (especially North American English) a pack of cigarettes
- to light a cigarette
- the smell of cigarette smoke
- There were three cigarette butts in the ashtray.
- The man stubbed out his cigarette and lit a new one.
see also e-cigarette, electronic cigarette
Extra Examples
- A cigarette dangled from his lips.
- He accidentally dropped a lighted cigarette on the chair.
- He drew on his cigarette and waited for the train.
- He was sitting on the bench taking a cigarette break.
- He'd bummed a cigarette from someone.
- Please extinguish all cigarettes now.
- Posters advertising cigarettes have to carry government health warnings.
- She rolls her own cigarettes.
- She slipped outside for an illicit cigarette.
- She smokes a pack/packet of cigarettes a day.
- The cigarette burned slowly in the ashtray.
- The cigarettes glowed in the dark.
- The old man flicked his cigarette onto the roadside.
- carelessly throwing a lighted cigarette in the litter bin
- the smell of stale cigarette smoke
Topics Social issuesa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- lighted
- lit
- unlit
- …
… of cigarettes
- pack
- packet
- carton
- …
verb + cigarette
- smoke
- draw on
- pull on
- …
cigarette + verb
- burn
- glow
- dangle
- …
cigarette + noun
- ash
- smoke
- butt
- …
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Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, diminutive of cigare, probably from Mayan sik'ar ‘smoking’. Mayan is a language spoken in parts of Mexico and Central America.

单词	cigarette
释义	cigarette noun /ˌsɪɡəˈret/ /ˈsɪɡəret/ jump to other results a thin tube of paper filled with tobacco, for smoking to smoke/have a cigarette a decrease in cigarette smoking (British English) a packet of cigarettes (especially North American English) a pack of cigarettes to light a cigarette the smell of cigarette smoke There were three cigarette butts in the ashtray. The man stubbed out his cigarette and lit a new one. see also e-cigarette, electronic cigarette Extra Examples A cigarette dangled from his lips. He accidentally dropped a lighted cigarette on the chair. He drew on his cigarette and waited for the train. He was sitting on the bench taking a cigarette break. He'd bummed a cigarette from someone. Please extinguish all cigarettes now. Posters advertising cigarettes have to carry government health warnings. She rolls her own cigarettes. She slipped outside for an illicit cigarette. She smokes a pack/packet of cigarettes a day. The cigarette burned slowly in the ashtray. The cigarettes glowed in the dark. The old man flicked his cigarette onto the roadside. carelessly throwing a lighted cigarette in the litter bin the smell of stale cigarette smoke Topics Social issuesa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective lighted lit unlit … … of cigarettes pack packet carton … verb + cigarette smoke draw on pull on … cigarette + verb burn glow dangle … cigarette + noun ash smoke butt … See full entry Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, diminutive of cigare, probably from Mayan sik'ar ‘smoking’. Mayan is a language spoken in parts of Mexico and Central America.
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